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REGENTS 

Preliminary 
Question Book 



CONTAINING ALL THE QUKSTIONS FOR TEN YEARS IN ARITH- 
METIC, GEOGRAPHY, ELEMENTARY ENGLISH, AMERICAN 
HISTORY, AND SPELLING GIVEN BY THE REGENTS OF 
THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OP NEW YORK 




SYRACUSE, N. Y. 

C. W. BARDEEN, PUBLISHER 



Copyright, 1906, by C. W. Bardebn 



[UBRARY of CONGRESS 
I Two Coptes Received 
JAN 2 1907 
. C«pyrlelrt Entry 

nUsS f\ XXc, No. 

COPY B; 







LATER 



Bepflts IJuestiis in Arittaetic 



1892-1901. 



BEING ALL THE QUESTIONS {n TIIAT SU.BJECT GIVEN DURING THE 

YEARS NAMED IN EXAMINATiONSCONDUCTED BY THE REGENTS 

OP THE UNIVERSITY OP THE STATE OP NEW YORK 



PREPARKD HY 



C. W. BARDEKN 



EDITOR OF THE SCHOOL BULLETIN 




SYRACUSE, N. Y. 
C. W. BARDEEN, PUBLISHER 



Copyright, l'.)U3, by C. \V. Uakdeen 



PEEFACE 

In 1877 I began to publish the Kegenfcs questions 
with answers, printing from the beginning of the ex- 
aminations in 1865 to the date of each edition all the 
questions thus far put out in arithmetic, geography, 
grammar, and spelling, the only subjects then given. 
This was continued up to and including the examina- 
tion for June, 1882, when it was felt that the ques- 
tions for seventeen years gave suJBficient indication of 
the work required, and in all editions since then the 
questions and answers have stopped with 1882. 

Since then, however, new subjects have been added, 
and the character of the questions has changed so 
much that it is felt desirable a new series should be 
prepared, and of that series this is the second volume. 
The period chosen is the decade from 1892 to 1901, 
and all the questions in arithmetic given by the Eegents 
during that period are here given. 

But a new feature is introduced by giving, pages iv 
to viii, a numbered classification of the questions by- 
topics, the division being quite minute; for instance, 
under denominate numbers and mensuration there is 
the topic Volume, and under that topic there are prob- 
lems involving barrels, bins, bushels, cylindrical meas- 
urement, excavating, gallons, liquids, lumber, pipes, 
prisms, tanks, walls, and wood. This may seem too 
minute a classification, but it has its advantages. Often 

(ii) 



LATER REGENTS ARITHMETIC QUESTIONS iii 

it is desirable to give other problems as nearly as pos- 
sible like some problem of the day that has puzzled the 
class, as for instance one involving hay or coal or lum- 
ber. By the table here given such problems can be 
found at a glance and given to the class. 

There is another advantage in this classification ; the 
teacher can see what problems are given oftenest in 
these carfully made questions, and may therefore be 
considered the best test of the pupils' proficiency. 
The table shows that problems in complex fractions 
abound, and that every examination requires the 
amount of a sum of money from a given date to the 
date of examination, usually at a rate other than six 
per cent. While problems in square root are common, 
only two are given in cube root. Compound proportion 
appears less and less often, till in the later years it dis- 
appears. 

Problems in carpeting and plastering and walks are 
the most common in surface measurement; while in 
cubic measurement excavating and lumber and walls 
appear most frequently, except in metric problems, 
which are predominantly of tanks. 

In percentage, profit and loss problems are so fre- 
quent that I have given them a dozen subdivisions; 
bank discount and stocks and bonds have nearly as 
many. But I can only suggest the hints teachers will 
get from a study of this table, which I am sure will 
greatly increase the usefulness of the book. 

Syracuse, Dec. 11, 1903. 



Later Eegents Questions Classified 

Note.— Problems in the metric system are indicated by a star. Problems 
in simple addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division are omitted. 

NOTATIOJS", Arabic, 2, 14, 88, 132, 326, 340, 416, 
432, 4G1. 
Roman, 88, 132, 237, 326, 416, 432, 461. 
FACTOES, 217, 224, 250, 267. 

G. a D., 3, 123, 217, 256, 267, 346, 373, 407, 437, 

496, 509, 538, 598. 
L. a M., 3, 123, 191, 197, 217, 227, 267, 346, 395, 
448, 465, 496, 538, 587, 598. 
FRACTIONS, 16, 50, 109, 190, 317, 421, 479, 570. 
complex, 15, 39, 72, 90, 104, 122, 133, 149, 164, 178, 
223, 238, 252, 271, 294, 295, 297, 313, 327, 342, 
357, 372, 388, 403, 417, 433, 447, 462, 476, 491, 
507, 521, 536, 551, 567, 581, 597. 
compound numbers, 27, 51, 63, 193. 
decimal, 5, 61, 73, 89, 105, 148, 165, 198, 225, 241, 
253, 295, 390, 436, 451, 512. 
U. S. MONEY, 26, 29. 

bills, 91, 129, 181, 214, 233, 272, 286, 307, 319, 332, 
348, 362, 377, 393, 408, 420, 466, 497, 524, 573. 
ENGLISH MONEY, 146, 406. 
METRIC SYSTEM, 268*. 
LENGTH, 208^!^ 
fencing, 47, 231, 279, 385. 
circular, 84, 124, 399, 460. 
(iv) 



LATER REGJINTS ARITHMETIC QUESTIONS V 

SUEFACE. 

rectangles, 18, 30, 65, 140, 179*, 195*, 204, 254*, 
299*, 391, 422, 503. 
carpeting, 80, 99, 118*, 211, 226*, 423, 429, 456, 

544, 559. 
inner surface of room, 243, 273, 321, 383. 
painting, 31. 
papering, 42, 156, 440. 
plastering, 94, 163*, 409, 468, 485, 502, 513, 

564, 602. 
shingling, 98, 334, 459. 

walks, 66, 101, 141, 200, 215, 290, 488, 522, 599. 
trapezoid, 78. 
triangle, 126. 

cylinders, 370, 550, 594, 605. 
V'OLUME, 477*. 
barrels, 112, 127. 
bins, 151*, 374* 402*. 
bushels, 74, 100, 114, 235, 289, 308, 337, 487, 501, 

543, 582, 588 
cylindrical, 280, 384, 475, 520. 
excavating, 6, 103, 203, 319, 471, 486, 499, 578. 
gallons, 246, 259, 353, 368, 392, 441, 527, 562, 5^2, 

607. 
liqitids, 24*, 37*, 79*. 

lumber, 41, 52, 116, 125, 144, 188, 232, 257, 274, 318, 
335, 347, 363, 376, 394, 413, 455, 498, 515, 
558, 573. 
'pipes, 505*, 583* 
prisms, 95*. 

tanks, 71*, 134*, 330*, 343*, 358*, 415*, 434*, 449*, 
469*, 484*, 514*, 535*, 537*, 569* 583*. 



Vi LATER REGENTS ARITHMETIC QUESTIONS 

walls, 19, 53, 154, 170, 187, 244, 369, 488, 545, 584 
wood, 424, 523. 
WEIGHT, 553* 
coal, 291. 
coinage, 324, 529. 
hay, 245, 258. 
liquids, 60*. 
metab, 12*, 48, 76* 97, 182, 282*, 314*, 379, 418*, 

463, 492. 
specific gravity, 219, 387*,463*,477*, 492*, 508* 553*. 

TIME, 208. 

PERCENTAGE, 7, 604. 
profit and loss, 240, 360, 494, 555, 590, 603, 
coal, 210, 439. 
cranberries, 470, 539. 
crops, 216. 
damage, 55, 322. 
discounts, 32, 121, 152, 167, 202, 229, 302, 528, 

601. 
dozens, 68, 115, 139, 184, 260, 331. 
hay, 17, 336, 378. 
horses, 380, 398, 500, 561. 
potatoes, 106, 438, 571. 
real estate, 113, 349, 411, 454. 

income, 275, 338. 
wood, 439. 
partnership, 157, 328. 

commission, 153, 175, 247, 277, 517, 548, 5G0, 577, 591. 
■ com' I discount, 46, 81, 138, 205, 306, 549, 574. 
taxes, 221, 382, 595. 
insurance, 168, 201, 531, 576, 610. 



LATER REGENTS ARITHMETIC QUESTIONS Vll 

interest, 4:^fo, 389, 410, 568, 600; 5^, 435. 
amount, 6^, 150, 315. 
d^fc, 585. 

4| fc, 20, 43, 54, 67, 180, 209, 283, 344, 493, 540. 
5 ^ 33, 194, 228, 419, 435, 510, 525. 
5|^, 102, 239, 255, 269, 298, 329, 359, 375„ 
principal, 135, 464, 478. 
rate, 554. 

promissory notes, 8, 453, 542, 
present worth, 350. 
partial payments, 83, 96, 119, 166, 404, 474, 490, 

533. 
bank discount, face, 9, 59, 111, 158, 285,483, 557. 
proceeds, 23, 34, 75, 92, 128, 136,173,186,264, 
278, 365, 410, 425, 443, 519, 575, 589, 609. 
stocks and bonds, 606. 
cost, 396, 457, 532. 
income, 56, 137, 155, 212, 248, 261, 333, 345, 

381, 396, 442, 457, 489, 532, 580. 
number of shares, 364, 547, 556. 
price, 10, 183, 230, 262, 287, 305, 323, 352, 

412, 426, 473, 495, 592. 
trading, 45, 169, 196, 276, 518. 
EATIO AND PROPORTION. 
proportion, 565. 

simple, 29, 44, 143, 171, 534. 
compound, 11, 21, 57, 70, 85, 159, 161, 185, 234, 
263, 292, 303, 355, 397, 430, 445, 499. 
ANALYSIS, 4, 35. 

A, B&Cs money, 405, 452, 472, 480, 511, 526. 
distance, 110, 142, 220, 593, 



Vlii LATER EEGENTS ARITHMETIC QUESTIONS 

expense^ 199. 

fractional parts, 174, 270, 384, 300, 304, 366. 
increase and decrease, 77, 82. 
men working, 11, 288, 309, 351, 361, 563. 
time, 44, 142, 309, 351, 361, 563. 
wages, 29, 130, 316. 
EVOLUTION. 

square root, abstract, 58, 93, 189, 206, 293, 301, 325, 

339, 354, 367, 400, 427, 444, 467, 504, 516, 530, 

546, 608. 
concrete, 249. 

diagonals, 22, 36, 69, 131, 160, 428, 458. 

side of square, 172, 265, 482, 579. 
cube root, 310, 414*. 



The Regents Questions in Arithmetic 



1. September 21/, 1892 

1. Define and illustrate (a) quotient, (6) common 
fraction, (c) compound number, {d) composite number, 
(e) proportion, (/) square root. 

2. Name (a) six consecutive orders of units of which 
thousandths is the lowest; (6) four consecutive periods 
of which thousandths is the lowest. 

3. Find the prime factors of 1001 and 1309, and 
from these factors form the greatest common divisor 
and the least common multiple of the two numbers. 

4. If five bushels of wheat cost 14.75, how much 
will 8 bushels cost ? (Solve by analysis, giving each 
step in full.) 

5. Pivide the sum of four thousandths and four 
millionths by their difllerence, extending the result to 
four places of decimals. 

6. Find the cost at 35 c. per cubic yard of excavat- 
ing a trench 6 rods long, 1-| yards wide, 1 foot 6 inches 
deep. 

7. I buy oranges at 8 cents a dozen and retail them 
at the rate of 2 for 3 cents; find the per cent profit. 

8. Find the amount of $87.63 from April 29, 1891^ 
to September 27, 1892, at 5 ^ simple interest. 

(9) 



j?0 LATER KEGENTS ARITHMETIC QUESTIONS 

9. The proceeds of a four-months bank note dated 
May 1, 1892, and discounted at a bank on the same 
date at 6 per cent, were $3,600; find the face of the 
note. 

10. At what price must 6 ^ bonds be bought to yield 
4 fo on the investment ? 

11. If 8 men reap 36 acres of grain in 9 days, work- 
ing 9 hours a day, how many men will reap 48 acres 
in 12 days, working 12 hours a day ? 

12. If a 5 cent coin weighs 5 grams, how many 
kilograms will $100 in that coin weigh ? 

II. Nowmber 22, 1892 

13. Define multiple, divisor, ratio, decimal fraction. 
Give an illustration of each. 

14. Indicate the following operations by signs in 
■one connected expression : The sum of 3 and 4 multi- 
plied by the difference between 9 and 5, and the pro- 
duct divided by 2 times 7. Perform the operations 
indicated. 

15. "Write a complex fraction. State the reasons 
for regarding this fraction as complex. Eeduce it to 
a simple fraction and this result to a decimal. 

16. Eeduce ffff to its lowest terms. 

17. Bought 15,786 lbs. of hay at $12 per ton and 
sold it at $14 per ton; find the whole gain and the 
gain per cent. 

18. A field 10 chains 5r links long and 8 chains 40 
links wide, produces 40 bushels of oats per acre; what 
is the value of the crop at 35 cents a bushel ? 

19. If 21 brick are used in one cubic foot of mason- 
ry, how many brick will be needed for a wall 60 ft. 



LATER REGENTS ARITHMETIC QUESTIONS 11 

3ong, 1 ft. 6 in, thick, and 18 ft. 8 in. high ? What 
iv^ill the brick cost at $7 per M ? (Solve by cancella- 
tion.) 

20. Find the amount of $945.15 from December 15, 
1891, to November 22, 1892, at Ahfo simple interest. 

21. If 4 men in 9 days can dig a trench 36 rods 
long, 2 ft. wide and 3 ft. deep, how many men will it 
take to dig a trench 90 rods long, 3 ft. wide and 4 ft. 
deep in 15 days ? (Solve by proportion.) 

22. The sides of a rectangle are 8 ft. and 10 ft.; 
find its diagonal correct to 3 places of decimals. 

23. A note for $560 payable in 90 days is discounted 
at a bank 30 days after it is dated; find the proceeds. 

24. How many liters of water will be contained in 
a vessel whose base is 1 meter square and whose depth 
is 6 decimeters ? 

III. December 30, 1892 

25. Distinguish between (a) a compound and a de- 
nominate number; (6) interest and discount. 

Illustrate by examples. 

26. What will be the cost of carrying 250 cords of 
wood 100 miles, if a railway charges 1 cent a mile for 
carrying one cord the first 40 miles and 3 cents a 
cord for every 4 miles of the remaining distance ? 

27. Find the sum of 9f, 8|, 5f and yV Express 
the result both as a fraction in lowest terms and as a 
decimal. 

28. What part of an ounce (apothecaries weight) 
is 5 drams and 2 scruples ? 

29. In how many days will a boy earn, at 75 cents. 



13 LATER REGEXTS ARITHMETIC QUEST^OxS 

a clay, as m-.oh as a man earns in 90 days at 12.75 a 
day? 

30. What must be the length of a field 88 feet wide 
to contain one-third of an acre ? 

31. What will it cost to paint the walls and ceiling 
of a hall 48 feet long, 27 feet wide, 18 feet high, at 
95 cents a square yard ? 

32. A merchant marks an article 12.80, but Ir 
selling it takes off 5 ^ for cash; if the rate of his profit 
is 33 '^/o what was the cost of the article ? 

33. What is the amount of $255.40 from Feb. 16, 
1891, to December 10, 1892 at 5 ^ ? 

34. A note of 1275, dated Oct. 14, payable in 60 
days, is discounted Oct. 14, at 6^; find the proceeds. 

35. Divide 1720 among A, B, and C, so that the 
number of dollars they receive shall be as the numbers 
5, 6, and 7. 

36. The side of a square room is 40 feet; find the 
distance, correct to two decimal places, between the 
diagonal corners of the floor. 

37. If alcohol costs 50 cents a liter what is the 
cost of 7.5 deciliters ? 

IV. January 2J^, 1893 

38. Write a number which shall be at the same time 
simple, composite, abstract, and even. State why it 
fills each of these requirements. 

39. Simplify ^^ ^ ; reduce the simplified fraction 

to a decimal and express it in words. 

40. A field of 18 acres produces 26 bushels of Avheat 
per acre; each bushel of wheat makes 52 lbs. of flour; 



LATER REGENTS ARITHMETIC QUESTIONS I'd 

if 19G lb. of flour are worth $5 what is the value of 
the crop ? 

41. Find the cost of a stick of timber 40 ft. long, 
12 in. wide, 9 in. thick at 112.50 per M, board measure. 

42. A roll of wall paper 8 yd. long and 18 in. wide 
•costs 25 c. ; what will be the cost of paper for the four 
walls of a room 30 ft. x 2? ft. x 9 ft., no allowance 
heing made for openings ? 

43. Find the amount of $375 for 11 months, 17 
days at 4^^ simple interest, 

44. A man walks 8f miles in 2 hours, 20 minutes ; 
how long will it take him to walk 11^ miles ? (Solve 
"both by analysis and by proportion. ) 

45. I buy stocks at 4 ^ discount and sell at 4 ^ prem 
jum ; what per cent profit clo I make on the investment? 

46. On an article listed at $8 a trade discount of 
20 ^ 10^ and 5 ^ is made; find the selling price. 

47. Find the cost, at 25 cents a rod, of building a 
fence round a square ten acre field, 

48. How many gold rings, each weighing 5 pwt, 
18 gr. , can be made from 2 oz. 6 pwt. of gold ? 

V. March U , 1S9^ 

49. Define jrac^ion, 'power, root, ratio, 'percentage. 

50. Eeduce ffff to its lowest terms. 

51. Find the sum of 1^, fXll, 3, ■^^. Express the 
result decimally. 

52. Find the cost of 20 boards each 14 ft. long, 
8 in. wide, 1} in, thick at 124 per M. 

53. How many cubic yards of masonry in the 
walls of a cellar 30 ft, long, 21 ft, wide -'^ xd 9 ft, deep. 



14 LATER REGEN"TS ARITHMETIC QUESTIONS 

inside measurement, if the walls are 18 in. thick ?' 
(Make no allowance for openings.) 

54. Find the amount of 1265 at 4|-^ simple interest 
from July ]2, 1892, to March 14, 1893. 

55. Bought 240 barrels of apples at $1.75 a barrel;, 
lost 40 barrels through frost; at what price a barrel 
must I sell the remainder to gain 25 ^ on the money 
invested ? 

56. School bonds bearing 4|- io interest sell at 10 ^. 
premium; what rate per cent does the buyer get on 
his investment ? 

57. If 2 men plow 15 acres in 5 days working ten 
hours a day, how many acres will 3 men plow in 4 days 
working 8 hours a day ? 

58. Find the square root of 243.121 correct to three 
decimal places. 

59. Find the face of a 60 day note which when dis- 
counted at a New York bank will yield $250. 

60. Find the weight of the water that can be con- 
tained in a cubic vessel whose edge is 4 decimeters. 

YI. June 13, 1893 

61. Divide the sum of 18 thousandths, 106 ten. 
thousandths, 84 hundredths, and 509 ten thousandths, 
by 15 millionths. 

62. State two methods of proving subtraction and 
illustrate each by an example. 

63. What number divided by the sum of f and 2 J 
will give a quotient of 2/^ ? 

64. Define greatest common divisor, least common, 
multiple, and illustrate by finding the greatest com- 



LATER REGENTS AEITHMETIC '^UvoTIONS 15 

mon divisor and least common multiple of 12, 15> 
and 18. 

65. If 14 quarts of grass seed are required for an 
acre of ground, what will be the cost of the seed for 
a field 36 rods by 24 rods, the seed being worth $3|- 
a bushel ? 

66. Find the cost of a stone walk 4 rods long and 
5 feet wide, at 60 cents a square foot. 

6T. Find the amount of $436 at 4^ ^ simple inter- 
est, from January 1, 1893, to the present time. 

68. I buy oranges at the rate of 15 cents a dozen 
and sell them at the rate of 3 for 10 cents ; find the 
gain per cent. 

69. Find the distance betwe^^n the diagonally op- 
posite corners of a rectangle 60 feet long and 50 feet 
wide. (Kesult correct to two places of decimals.) 

70. If it costs $80 to plow a field of 40 rods by 80 
rods, when we pay $5 a day for man and team, how 
much will it cost to plow a field 30 rods by 60 rods, 
if we pay $4 a day ? (Solve by proportion.) 

71. Assuming that 1 kilogram equals 2| pounds, 
find the weight in pounds of the water that can be 
contained in a tank -1^ meters long, 8 decimeters wide 
and 5 decimeters deep. 

VIL August 16, 1893 

72. Simplify i of ^ of 2^X14. 

73. Reduce ^\\^ and f to decimals and divide the 
first decimal by the second. 

74. What part of a bushel is contained in a rect- 



16 LATER EEGENTS ARITHMETIC QUESTIONS 

angular box 3 inches deep and 4 inches square : 
(A bushel =2150.4 cubic inches.) 

75. Find the proceeds of a three months note, dated 
August 1, 1893, for ^131.38, discounted at an Albany 
bank September 15, 1893. 

76. Find the weight, in kilograms, of a silver bar, 
30 centimeters long, 5 centimeters wide and 1|- centi- 
meters thick, the silver being 10.5 times as heavy as 
water. 

77. A. quantity is increased by f of itself. The 
quantity thus obtained is decreased by ^ of itself. 
What part of the original quantity is the second result ? 

78. Find the cost, at $7. per 100 square feet, of 
slating a trapezoid of which the parallel sides are 64 
feet and 33 feet and the perpendicular distance be- 
tween them is 30 feet. 

79. Find to the nearest cent the value of a pint of 
liquid worth |5 per liter. (1 liter equals 1.0567 
quarts.) 

80. What will it cost, with carpet f of a yard wide, 
at ^1 per linear yard, to carpet a room 18 feet square ? 

81. How much must be paid to satisfy a claim of 
$75, on which a discount of 35 per cent and a further 
discount of 10 percent from the remainder is allowed ? 

83. How much per cent is a quantity increased if 
it is doubled and then increased by ^ of the resulting 
quantity ? 

83. How much is due August 15, 1893, on an inter- 
est bearing promissory note for $350, dated Buffalo, 
June 1, 1886, on which $50 was paid December 34, 
1886, and $10 January 5, 1888 ? 



LATER REGENTS ARITHMETIC QUESTIONS 17 

84. What is the diameter of a circle whose area is ^ 
that of a circle 5 inches in diameter ? 

85. [f 100 suits can be made from 800 yards of 
cloth ^ yards wide, how many suits can be made from 
1 200 yards of cloth f yards wide ? 

86. Define multiple, cancelation, true discount, 
ratio, exponent. 

nil September 28, 1893 

87. Define denominator, factor, interest, true dis- 
count, involution. 

88. Express in Roman notation 1492 and 1893. 
Express in words the sum of 609.0031 and 394.048. 

89. From sixty subtract forty-seven and sixteen ten- 
millionths and express the remainder in Arabic nota- 
tion. 

18^ V72 

90. Simplify and express decimally -^ — ^. 

91. Appleton union school bought of Whithall, Tat- 
um & Co. June 1, 1893, glassware to the amount of 
$32.40 list price, from which the regular discount is 
40 fo. A further cash discount of 5 ^ is allowed. Make 
and receipt the bill. 

;. 92. Write a 30 day note the proceeds of which 
when discounted on the day of making at a New 
York bank shall be 1514. 

93. Find the square root of 8.5849. 

94. A room 6 meters long, 4 meters wide, and 3 
meters high has opening from it one door 2 meters 
high, 1\ meters wide, and two windows each 2| meters 
high, 1 meter wide. Find the cost of plastering the 
walls and ceiling at 15 cents a square meter, deducting 
half the openings. 



18 LATER KEGEKTS AKlxilmi:;riU QUiiiSTIOlSS 

95. Find the volume of a square prism the side of 
whose base is 2 meters and whose height is 3 meters. 
Find the volume of a cylinder whose diameter is 2 
meters and whose length is 3 meters. 

96. Find the amount due this day on a note given 
in New York May 10, 1890, for $500 with interest, a 
payment of 135 having been made July 6, 1891. 

97. Find the cost of the ties and rails for one mile 
of single track railway, the ties being placed 2 feefc 
apart from center to center and each rail weighing 90 
lbs. a yard, if the ties cost 40 cents each and the rails 
cost 139 a ton of 2240 lbs. 

98. Find the cost of the shingles required to cover 
a roof 40 feet long, 20 feet wide, at $5 a thousand, if 
it requires 36 shingles to cover 5 square feet. 

99. Find the cost of carpeting a room 15 feet long, 
12 feet wide with carpet 27 inches wide, at 75 cents 
a yard. 

100. A bin 6 feet long, 2 feet wide, IJ feet high is 
filled with oats, worth 40 cents a bushel (2150.42 cubic 
inches = 1 bushel). Find the value of the oats. 

101. Find the cost of paving and curbing one mile 
of street, the paving being 30 feet wide and costing 
12.75 cents a square yard and each line of curbing 
costing 30 cents a linear foot. 

IX. JSfovember £8, 1893 

102. Find the amount of 1372.47 for 1 year, 7 
months and 11 days, at 5^ fo simple interest. 

103. Find the cost of excavating a cellar 10 meters 
5 decimeters long, 6 meters 2 decimeters wide and 25 
decimeters^deep, at 20 cents a cubic meter. 



LATEK -REGENTS ARITHMETIC QUESTIONS 19 



104. Reduce to its lowest terms ^ ^"i" ^■'^^ , 

105. Multiply three and 15 thousandths by one and 
five thousandths. Divide the product by five mil- 
lionths and express the result in words. 

106. I buy 240 barrels of potatoes at $3.50 a barrel. 
I lose 40 barrels and sell the remainder so as to gain 
15 "J, by the transaction. At what price per barrel do 
I sell them ? 

107. Define multiple, factor, power, numerator,ratio. 

108. Define divisor, root, proportion, fraction. 

109. Reduce t^VVtV ^^ i^^ lowest terms and express 
the result as a decimal. 

110. A, who travels at the rate of 7 miles in 3 
hours, starts on a journey IJ hours biefore B, who goes 
14 miles in 3 hours. How far will A travel before he 
is overtaken by B ? 

111. On a bill of goods amounting to 1845 I can get 
60 days credit or 5 ^ off for cash. How much will I 
gain by borrowing the money on my note with interest 
at a Xew York bank and paying for the goods ? 

112. A cistern is 6 ft. square; how deep must it be 
to hold 30 barrels of water ? 

113. I buy a plot of land at $250 an acre. I divide 
it into building lots 66 ft. x 99 ft. and sell these lots 
at $400 each. Find the gain per cent. 

114. A square bin 3 ft. deep contains 100 bushels; 
find the length of its side. (2150.42 cubic inches = 1 
bushel.) 

115. I retail oranges at 3 cents each, gaining 150 ^ 
on the purchase price. What did the oranges cost a 
dozen ? 



20 LATER REGENTS ARITHMETIC QUESTIONS 

116. How much lumber 1 in. thick will it take to 
make a box with cover, whose inside measurements 
are 4 f t. x 3 ft. x 2 ft.? 

X. January 23, 1894 

117. Define common fraction, common divisor, 
multiplicand, denominator, ratio. 

118. How many meters of carpet which is eight 
decimeters wide will be required for a room 7.2 long 
and 5.6 meters wide ? 

119. A note for $275.50 with interest at 4|- ^ is given 
March 11, 1893. A payment of 119.60 is made N'ovem- 
ber 7, 1893. How much is due on the note to-day ? 

120. Multiply 25843 by 14936, divide the product 
by 124791 and prove all the work. 

121. I sell an article at an advance of 25 fo on the 
cost and then discount the bill 5 fo for cash payment. 
My net gain is 163.75; find the cost. 

122. Reduce the following to its simplest form; 



363.25 ,5 
"48P~ ~^ " 



1" 

123. Find the least common multiple and the great- 
est common divisior of 45, 70 and 105. 

124. How many times will a wheel 4 ft. in diame- 
ter revolve in going one mile ? 

125. Find the cost of 8 sticks of timber each 42 ft. 
long, 10 in. wide, 8 in. thick at $18 per M. board meas- 
ure. 

126. A plot of ground in the form of a triangle 
contains 2 acres of land; the base of the triangle is 
40 rods; find its altitude. 

127. A cubic foot of water weighs 62|- pounds. 
Find the weight of a barrel of water. 



LATER REGENTS ARITHMETIC QUESTIONS 21 

128. Find the proceeds of a bank note for $300 at 
60 days when discounted at 6 ^. 

129. Make out a bill of goods, of at least three 
items, which Kichard Strong has bought of you. 
Receipt the bill. 

130. A earns | of a dollar as often as B earns § of 
a dollar and C f of a dollar. Together they earn 
$57.50; what is each man's share ? 

131. Find the diagonal of a rectangle whose sides 
are 15 ft. and 20 ft. 

XL March 13, 1894 

132. Express in words : 10010.0010,4268.5,185.851. 
Write in Roman notation 1894, 10486. 

133. Reduce to its simplest form ^X^— |X| 

4i-lf+2^ 

134. A cistern which contains 81000 liters is 5 me- 
ters long and 3.6 meters wide. Find its depth. 

135. What principal loaned for 1 year and 3 months 
at 6 ^ simple interest will amount to $1000 ? 

136. A bank note for $500 at 3 months without 
interest dated Feb. 15, 1894, is discounted March 13, 
1894. Find the proceeds. 

137. I invest $6000 in 6 ^ bonds at 125. What rate 
per cent do I receive on the investment and what is 
the income from it ? 

138. On a bill of goods amounting to $485.50 I re- 
ceive commercial discounts of 15 ^ 10 <fo and 5 fo. 
Find the net cost of the goods. 

139. Hats which cost $30 a dozen are retailed at 
$3.50 apiece. Find the rate per cent profit. 



22 LATER REGENTS ARITHMETIC QUESTIOl^S 

140. A field is 42 rods long and 35 rods wide. Find 
its value at 137.50 an acre. 

141. Within a rectangular court which is 50 ft. long 
and 40 ft, wide, walks four feet wide are laid as fol- 
lows: one surrounding the court, two crossing it from 
the middle points of opposite sides. Find the cost of 
the walks at 25 cents a square foot. 

142. A person starts from a certain point and trav- 
els at the rate of 29 miles in 6 hours. 2|- hours later 
a second person starts from the same point and travels 
in the same direction at the rate of 32| miles in 5 
hours. In how long a time and at what distance from 
the starting point will the second overtake the first ? 

143. A man 6 feet high casts a shadow 42 inches 
long. Find the height of a flag staff which at the 
same time casts a shadow 28 feet long. 

144. Find the cost of 6 pieces of timber each of 
which is 32 ft. long, 10 in. wide, 8 in. thick, at $14 a 
thousand feet, board measure. 

145. Define common denominator, least common 
multiple, ratio, complex fraction, root. 

146. Find the cost in United States money of a bill 
of exchange on London for £12 15s 9d, exchange 
being at $4.86, 

XII. June 12, 189^ 

147. Define and illustrate denominate number, com- 
posite number, prime number, denominator, decimal. 

148. Multiply two thousand nine ten-millionths by 
thirty thousand two and seven tenths, and divide the 
product by three ten-thousandths. 



LATER REGENTS ARITHMETIC QUESTIONS 23 

^ 13 

149. Eeduce ^ i to a simple fraction in its low- 

est terms. 

150. What is the amount of $897.25 at 6 ^ simple 
interest from September 19, 1891 to March 13, 1894 ? 

151. How many hectoliters of grain will a bin con- 
tain which is 3 meters long, 125 centimeters wide and 
18 decimeters deep ? 

152. A bookseller buys a book whose catalogue price 
is $3.50 at a discount of 20 ^ and 5 fo, and sells it at 
10 ^ above the catalogue price. What per cent profit 
does he make ? 

153. An agent remits to me 1247.38 after retaining 
a commission of 5 ^ for collection. V/hat sum did he 
collect ? What was the amount of his commission ? 

154. If brick when laid average 6.5 centimeters in 
thickn6ss, how many courses would there be in a wall 
26 meters high ? 

155. What per cent would I receive on my invest- 
ment if I should buy at 10 fo discount stock which 
pays an annual dividend of 4:^fo? 

156. Find the cost of papering the walls of a hall 
36 feet long, 24 feet wide and 18 feet high, with paper 
1^ feet wide at $2.50 a roll of 16 yards, allowing 64 
square yards for doors and windows. 

157. Three men, A, B and C, engage in partner- 
ship; A puts in $1200, B $1500, and C $1900. They 
gain $350 ; what is the share of each in the profits ? 

158. A 30 day note, discounted at a Xew York bank 
yields $358.02; what was the face of the note ? 

159. The owner of j\ of a mine sold -^-^ of his 



24 LATER REGENTS ARITHMETIC QUESTIONS 

share for $40,500. What should he who owns f .c 
the mine get for | of his share ? 

160. If a square field contains 10 acres, what is the 
length of the diagonal ? 

161. If 18 men can dig 128 yards of ditch in 32 
days, how many yards can 12 men dig in 64 days ? 

XIII. September 25, 1894 

162. Define and illustrate improper fractions, com- 
plex fractions, prime factor, divisor, multiple. 

163. A certain room is 6 meters, 4 decimeters long, 
4 meters, 8 decimeters wide and 3|- meters high; find 
the cost of plastering its four walls and ceilling at 50 
cents a square meter. Make no allowance for openings. 

164. Simplify the following: ^^s+^l^ 

165. Find the sum of the following and express the 
result in words: 2370.12, 59.63, 482.71, 10042. 63^ 
6259.001, 1.0003, 52746, 358712. 

166. A note for $624 is dated August 26, 1893; July 
15, 1894 there was paid on it $62.50; find the amount 
now due. 

167. I buy goods at a discount of 25 fo from the list 
price and sell at the list price; find the per cent gain. 

168. Property valued at $12000 is insured for f its 
value at the rate oi ^/o a year ; find the premium. 

169. I buy 15 shares of stock at 95 and sell the 
same at 98, paying ^fo brokerage in each case; find 
my net gain. 

170. How many brick 8"x4"x2" will be required for 
a wall 37^ ft. long, 18 ft. high and 1 ft. thick, allow- 
ing 20 fo of the wall for mortar ? 



LATER REGEKTS ARITHMETIC QUESTIONS 25 

171. If 3 men can do a certain piece of work in 4| 
days, how long will it take 5 men to do the same work ? 
(Solve by proportion.) 

172. A piece of land in the form of a square con- 
tains four acres; find the length of one of its sides. 

173. A note for $500 at 90 days with interest at 6 ^ 
is discounted at a bank 30 days after it is dated; find 
the proceeds. 

174. A man has ^ his property invested in land, 
■^ in stock, -^^ in utensils, and the remainder, which is 
$3500, in the bank ; how much property has he in all ? 

175. A collecting agent whose commission is 2 ^ 
remits to his employer $2808.19; what amount did he 
collect. 

176. State and illustrate two methods of proving 
simple multiplication. 

XIV. November 27, 1894 

177. Define and illustrate denominate numbo' 
multiple, power, ratio, factor. 

178. Simplify ?ti:?i H- ^. 

179. The area of a rectangle is 271- square meters, 
its width is 4 meters, 2 decimeters, 5 centimeters; 
find its length. 

180. Find the amount of 1685 at 4|- ^ simple inter- 
est from July 1, 1894, to the present time. 

181. Assume that you have sold to Samuel Johnson 
the following: August 1, 1894, 15 lbs. sugar at 5 cents; 
August 14, 1 sack flour at $1.50; September 5, 4 
bushels potatoes at 56 cents. Make a receipted bilL 



26 LATER EEGENTS ARITHMETIC QUESTIOISrS 

182. What part of a chain weighing 25 pwts, 8 grs., 
san be made from 19 pwts of gold ? 

183. A certain stock pays annual dividends of 4^; 
at what rate must it be bought to pay 6 ^ on the 
investment ? 

184. I buy hats at 118 a dozen and sell them at 12.50 
apiece ; find the gain per cent. 

185. If 2 men dig 10|^ rods of ditch in 3|- days, 
how many rods will 3 men dig in 4 days ? (Solve 
by proportion.) 

186. A note for $500 at 90 days without interest is 
discounted at a bank on the date of making; find 
the proceeds. 

187. A wall 6 ft. high, 1 ft. 6 in. thick incloses a 
cellar, the inside measurement of which is 16|- ft. by 
13|^ ft. ; find in cubic yds. the contents of the wall, 
making no allowance for openings. 

188. Find the cost of 36 pieces of scantling, each 
3 in. by 4 in. by 12 ft., at $18 a thousand feet board 
measure. 

189. Find the square root of 4004231 to two places 
■of decimals. 

190. Eeduce 3^^^ to its lowest terms. 

191. Find the least common multiple of 56, 48 and 96, 

XV. January 22, 1895 

192. Define divisor, multiple, factor, prime number, 
fraction. 

193. Find the sum of the following quantities: If, 

2i |Xf,i^, 3.04, .08. 



LATER REGENTS AKITHMETIC QUESTIONS 27 

194. Find the amount of $1287 for 1 year, 5 months 
and 15 days at 5 per cent simple interest. 

195. How many ares in the area of a rectangular 
field which is 2 hectometers long and 8 dekameters 
wide ? 

196. I buy 10 shares of railway stock at 80 and sell 
them at 90 ; how many dollars do I gain and what is 
the rate per cent of profit ? 

197. Find the smallest number that will exactly 
contain 15, 18, 21, 24 and 30. 

198. Divide 4782613 by 47124, extending the quo- 
tient to three places of decimals. 

199. Two men hire a pasture for $30. A puts in. 8 
horses for 10 weeks and B 6 horses for 12 weeks; how 
much should each pay ? 

200. A sidewalk 5 feet wide and 100 feet long is 
made of 2 inch plank laid crosswise on two stringers 
which are 3 inches by 4 inches; find the amount of 
lumber required and its cost at 116 per thousand feet, 
board measure. 

201. A house valued at 16000 is insured for f of its 
value at the rate of ^ of 1 per cent a year; how much 
is the annual premium ? 

202. I sell goods at a discount of 10 fo from the 
marked price and still make a profit of 8 ^; how many 
per cent above cost was the marked price ? 

203. A ditch is 3 feet wide at the top, 2 feet at the 
bottom, 3 feet deep and 12 rods long; find the cost of 
digging it at 30 cents a cubic yard. 

204. How many apple-trees will be required to set 
an orchard of 6 acres in the form of a rectangle 32 



38 LATER REGENTS ARITHMETIC QUESTIONS 

rods long, the trees to be set 33 feet apart each way 
and the outside rows to be 1 rod from the boundaries 
of the field ? 

205. What single discount is equal to a commercial 
discount of 10 ^ 10 f and 5 ^ ? 

206. Find the square root of 1080234 to two places 
of decimals. 

XVI. March 12, 1895 

207. Define denominator, divisor, minuend, dis- 
count, powej of a number. 

208. A railway train runs 500 meters in 20 seconds ; 
how many kilometers will it run in 1 hour ? How 
long will it take to run 150 kilometers ? 

209. Find the amount at simple interest of $865.35 
for 1 year, 5 months, 17 days at 4^ <fo. 

210. Bought 86340 pounds of coal at the rate of 
$3.60 a gross ton and retailed it at 42 cents a hundred 
pounds ; find the gain per cent and the entire gain. 

211. Find the cost of carpeting a room 15 feet long,, 
12 feet wide, with carpet f yard wide, at 75 cents a 
running yard. 

212. Find the rate per cent of interest on an invest- 
ment in government 3 fo bonds bought at 115. 

213. Perform the following indicated operations: 
43562X21894H-986. 

214. Make a receipted bill of the following: Sold 
this day to Anson White 3 barrels flour at $3.75, 75 
lbs. sugar at 5 cents, 10 lbs. cofiee at 35 cents, 2 lbs. 
tea at 60 cents. 

215. A street 50 feet wide has a stone sidewalk 5 
feet wide on each side and the space between the walks 



LATER REGENTS ARITHMETIC QUESTIONS 29 

is paved with asphalt ; the sidewalk costs 30 cents a 
square foot and the asphalt 25 cents; the expense is 
assessed on the adjoining property. How much must 
A pay whose lot is 40 feet front ? (A pays to the 
center of the street.) 

216. A farmer pays 50 cents for seed corn to plant 
an acre of ground, $10.50 for plowing, planting and 
cultivating, $12 for harvesting; his crop is 40 bushels 
of corn worth 55 cents a bushel and 2 tons of corn 
stalks worth $3 a ton. Assuming that his land is 
worth $75 an acre, what rate per cent does it pay 
him? 

217. Find the prime factors of 1226, 1938 and 2346. 
Indicate which of these factors must be combined to 
produce (a) the greatest common divisor, (6) the least 
common multiple. 

218. Write the table of avoirdupois weight. For 
what is this weight used ? 

219. How many tons of ice will be required to fill 
an ice house 40 feet X 25 feet X 20 feet, assuming 
that water weighs 62^ lbs. a cubic foot, and ice is f 
as heavy as water ? 

220. Two men start' from the same point on a level 
plain and travel, one due north at the rate of 3 miles 
an hour, the other due east at the rate of 5 miles an 
hour; how far apart will they be at the end of 10 
hours ? 

221. In a certain school district the assessed valua- 
tion of property is $136395 and the amount to be 
raised by local tax is $785.72; find the amount of the 
tax of A, whose property is assessed at 



30 . ATER KEGJbJi^lTS ARITHMETIC QUESTIONS 

XVIL June 11. 1895 

232. Define minuend, multiplication, prime factor^ 
common divisor, ratio. 

223. Simplify the following: MiJJx^^^t 

324. Find the prime factors of 2964. 

225. Divide one millionth by eight ten-thousandths, 
and express the result in words. 

226. A room which is 6.5 meters long by 4.5 meters 
wide is to be covered with carpeting 7.5 decimeters 
wide; how many meters in length of carpet will be 
required ? (Make no allowance for matching figures.) 

227. Find the smallest number that is exactly divisi- 
ble by each of the nine digits. 

228. Find the amount at simple interest at 5^ of $860' 
from September 1, 1894, to the present time. 

229. I buy goods at commercial discount of 15 and 
10 from the list price and sell at the list price;, find, 
the per cent profit. 

230. At what price should 4| fo bonds be bought to- 
make the income from investment equivalent to that 
from 3 fo bonds at par ? 

231. Find the cost of building a fence at 75 cents. 
a rod round a square 10 acre field. 

232. Find the cost of the following bill of lumber r 
6 pieces 16'x8"x2" at $14.50 per M. 

8 pieces 12'x3"x4" at 115.25 per M. 
16 pieces 12'xl"x8" at $16.10 per M. 

233. Make a receipted bill of at least three items; 
bought by you this day of Smith and Jones. 

234. If 3 men in 13 days of 10 hours each can. 



LATER REGENTS ARITHMETIC QUESTIONS 31 

build a wall 100 feet long, 14 feet high and 3 feet, 
thick, how long will it take 4 men working 8 hours a 
day to build a wall 200 feet long, 16 feet high and 4 
feet thick ? 

235. A man plants corn on ^ of his land, potatoes 
on 2h times as much, and sows the remainder with 
wheat; he sells the wheat at (50 cents a bushel and 
receives for it 1180. If the yield of wheat was 20 
bushels an acre how much land had he ? 

XVIII. September £4, 1895 

336. Define multiple, common fraction, integer, 
denominate number, square root. 

237. Write in roman notation 95, 142, 563, 927, 1895. 

238. Simplify the foUowing: -JiziM-— fxf. 

239. Find the amount of $365 from January 15 to 
August 29, 1895, at 5|-^ simple interest. 

240. An article sells for 11.29; if the profit is 50^ 
what was the cost ? 

241. Divide six and fifteen thousandths by three 
millionths and express the result in words. 

242. Multiply 427896 by 59787 and divide the pro- 
duct by 213948, giving all the work. 

243. Find the number of square yards in the four 
walls and ceiling of a room 16i feet long, 13|- feet wida 
and 9 feet high, making no allowance for openings. 

244. Find the cost at 17.50 per thousand of the 
brick required for the four walls of a house 30 feet 
long, 24 feet wide and 18 feet high, walls one foot 
thick, allowing 21 bricks to the cubic foot and 10 j^ 
for openings. 



32 LATER EEGENIS ARITHMETIC QUESTION'S 

245. Find the cost at 120 a ton of 12 bales of hay 
averaging 218 pounds each. 

246. How many gallons in a cylindric can 2 feet in 
diameter and 3 feet deep ? 

247. An agent receives 11092.42 with which to buy 
oats at 42 cents a bushel after deducting his commis- 
sion of 2 ^; how many bushels can he buy ? 

248. How much money must be invested in stocks 
paying five per cent and selling at 120, to produce an 
income of S2000 ? 

249. The area of a right triangle is 56 square feet, 
its shortest side is 8 feet; find the other sides. 

250. Find the prime factors of 36593. 

XIX. January 28, 1896 

251. Define compound number, greatest common 
divisor, common fraction, subtraction, reduction. 

252. Simplify the foUowing: ii±^x*-^X6i. 

253. Multiply four millionths by six ten-thous- 
andths, divide the result by twelve and express the 
quotient in words. 

254. A field containing 25 ares of land is 4 deca- 
meters wide ; find its length. 

255. Find the amount of $650 at 6\<fo simple interest 
from September 16, 1895, to the present date. 

256. Find the largest number that is exactly con- 
tained in each of the following: 476, 744, 1148. 

257. Find the cost, at $18 a thousand feet, of lum- 
ber for a floor 21 feet long by 16 feet wide, allowing ^ 
of the lumber for matching. 



LATER REGENTS ARITHMETIC QUESTIONS 33 

258. Find the cost, at $16.50 a ton, of 5 bales of 
hay averaging 225 lbs. each. 

259. Find the contents in gallons of a vat 6 feet 
long, 2^ feet wide and 18 inches deep. 

2G0. Hats bought at $15 a dozen are sold at $2 
apiece; find the gain per cent. 

261. If 10 shares of stock paying 8 ^ are sold at 
175 and the proceeds loaned at 5 ^, will the income be 
increased or diminished and how much ? 

262. At what price must stock paying 4 ^ be bought 
in order that 5 ^ may be realized on the investment ? 

263. If 3 horses eat 6 bushels of oats in 8 days, 
how many bushels will 5 horses eat in 12 days ? 
(Solve by proportion.) 

264. Find the proceeds of a bank note for $650 dis- 
counted for 90 days at 6 ^. 

265. Find in feet the side of a square whose area is 
1 acre. 

XX. March 24, 1896 

266. Define numeration multiple, power, square 
root, ratio. 

267. Find the prime factors of each of the follow- 
ing numbers: 42,48,126,144. Indicate the combina- 
tion of factors necessary to produce (a) the greatest 
common divisor of these numbers, (6) their least com- 
mon multiple. 

268. What part of a square meter is a square yard ? 
"What part of a cubic meter is a cubic yard ? Express 
results in decimals of three places. 

269. Find the amount of $486.50 for 1 year, 5 
mouths and 17 days at 5| <fo simple interest. 



34 LATER EEGElfTS AEITHMETIO QUESTIONS 

270. Solve the following by analysis, writing out 
the work in full : If f of an article costs -f of a dollar 
what will f of it cost ? 

271. Simplify the following: tt±?|x72. 

^ •" ^ 4ix2f 

273. Find the cost of the following bill of goods: 
1840 lbs. hay at $14 a ton; 2460 lbs. coal at $5 a ton. 
of 2240 lbs. ; 5120 lbs. oats at 24 cents a bushel of 
32 lbs. 

273. Find the entire surface of the four walls and 
ceiling of a room 18 feet long, 14 feet wide and 9 feet 
high. 

274. Find the cost, at 114 a thousand feet, board 
measure, of 6 pieces of timber, each 24 feet long, 10 
inches wide, 8 inches thick. 

275. A house and lot cost $5000; the insurance is 
$25, taxes are $50 and repairs $75 annually; what rent 
must be received in order to realize 6 ^ on the invest- 
ment ? 

276. What is the per cent profit on stocks bought 
at 90 and sold at 110 ? 

277. An agent receives $541.62 with which to buy 
flour; how much will he buy, at $4.50 a barrel, after 
deducting his commission of 2 ^ ? 

278. Find the proceeds of a bank note for $560 dis- 
counted for 90 days at 6 ^. 

279. How many rods of fence are required to in- 
close a square field containing 24^ acres ? 

280. Find the contents of a cylindric vessel whose 
diameter is 8 inches and whose depth is 1 foot. 



LATER REGENTS ARITHMETIC QUESTIONS 35 

XXI. June 16, 1S96 

281. Define division, quotient, denominate number, 
improper fraction, square root. 

282. How much railway iron weighing 48 kilograms 
to the meter will be required for a double-track rail- 
way 150 kilometers in length ? 

283. Find the amount of $1500 at 4J fo simple in- 
terest from January 21, 1896, to the present time. 

284. Write out in full the analysis of t'he following: 
If I" of an article costs ^ of a dollar how much will -^^ 
of it cost ? 

285. The proceeds of a note discounted at a bank 
for 90 days at 6 ^ are $500; find the face of the note. 

286. Make a receipted bill of the following: Jan. 
14, 1896, Eobert Morris sold James Dow 1 bbl. flour, 
$4.50; Jan. 25, 15 lbs. sugar at 6 cts., 5 gallons kero- 
sene at 12 cts. ; Feb. 12, 3 lbs. coffee at 38 cts., 1 Ibc 
tea, 75 cts. Paid in full June 16, 1896. 

287. By selling stock at 84 there is a gain of 5 ^ on 
the investment ; at what price was the stock purchased ? 

288. A can do a piece of work in 4 days, B can do 
the same piece of work in 6 days and can do it in 
12 days ; how many days will it take all three working 
together to do the work ? 

289. Find the contents in bushels of a bin 8 feet 
long, 4 feet wide, 6 feet deep. 

290. A certain walk is 100 feet long and 5 feet wide; 
the walk is of 2-inch hemlock plank, laid crosswise on 
three stringers, each of which is 2 inches by 4 inches. 
Find the amount of lumber in the walk and its cost at 
$15 per 1000 feet. 



36 LATER EEGEifTS ARITHMETIC QUESTIOZSTS 

291. Find the cost of 8246 lbs. of coal at $5.50 a 
ton of 2000 lbs, 

292. If 3 men can do a certain piece of work in 6 
days of 10 hours- each, in how many days of 8 hours 
each will 5 men do the same work ? (Solve by pro- 
portion. ) 

293. Find the square root of 48.23 correct to two 
places of decimals. 

3J_97. 2 \/ 5 

294. Simplify V-# — ^ ' 



295. Perform the operations indicated in the follow- 

. 4.1, 1^ • /I 224.6298X.027 

mg and express the result in words: -—f . 

426 

XXII. August, 1896 

296. Define prime number, cancelation, proportion, 
numerator, quotient. 

297. Simplify ^^+^^7^^ -^1.375. 

298. Find the amount of $1250 for 1 year, 4 months 
and 20 days at 5| ^ simjJle interest. 

299. The area of a rectangle is 45|- square meters, 
the length is 3 meters, 1 decimeter and 5 centimeters. 
Find its width. 

300. Solve the following by analysis and write out 
work in full: If it cost $1.25 to pave IJ square feet of 
street what will it cost to pave 25| square rods ? 

301. Extract the square root of 4900.25 to two 
places of decimals. 

302. I sell goods at 15 ^ below the market price and 
still make a profit of 10 fo. What per cent above cost 
was the market price ? 



LATER REGENTS ARITHMETIC QUESTIONS 37 

303. If 3 men can build 8 rods of fence in 10 days 
working 8 hours a day, how many rods can 6 men 
build in 15 days working 7 hours a day ? (Solve by 
proportion. ) 

304. A man receives f of his income from stocks, f 
from land, ^ from mortgages and the remainder, which 
is 1210, from rents; what is his entire income ? 

305. A certain stock pays 10 ^. At what rate must 
it be bought to yield 6 fc on the investment ? 

306. What single discount is equal to commercial 
discount of 10 ^, 15 j^, 5 ^ ? 

307. Make a receipted bill of at least three items 
bought by you this day of James Johnson. 

308. How many bushels of oats will be contained in 
a bin 30 feet long, 15 feet wide and 10 feet deep ? 

309. A can do a piece of work in 6 days, B in 8 
days and C in 12 days. How many days will it take 
them all working together ? 

310. Extract the cube root of 112.04 to three places 
of decimals. 

XXIII. September 22, 1896 

311. Define multiplication, involution, square root, 
complex fraction, decimal. 

312. Multiply 42364 by 27986 and divide the product 
by 55972. (Write out the work in full.) 

313. Simplify the following: ?i±M x f h- -M. 

314. A copper wire weighs 75 grams to the meter in 
length ; find the weight in kilograms of 26 kilometers 
of such wire. 



38 LATER EEGENTS AEITHMETIC QUESTIOITS 

315. Find the amount at 6 ^ simple interest of a 
note for $350 dated Jan. 2, 1896, and paid to-day. 

316. In the same time A can earn twice as much as 
B. On a certain job A works 3 days and B 4 days. 
They together earn $17.50; what is the share of each ? 

317. Convert each of the following into a fraction 
whose denominator shall be 20: f, f, IJ, 6, .75. 

318. Find the cost at 116 per thousand feet board 
measure of 20 scantlings 3" by 4" and 16 feet long. 

319. Make a receipted bill of the following : 
Bought of Dye & Co. for cash: 3 lbs. tea at 45 cts., 

20 lbs. sugar at 5 cts., 2 lbs. cofEee at 50 cts., 10 yds. 
muslin at 7 cts. 

320. For excavating a cellar 30 feet by 24 feet, 6 
feet deep I agree to pay 30 cents a cubic yard for earth 
and $1.25 a yard for rock. The earth is found to be 
4 feet deep ; what does the work cost ? 

321. Find in square yards the entire inner surface 
of a room 18 feet by 12 feet by 9 feet. 

322. I buy apples at $2 a barrel and lose 20 io of 
them ; at what price per barrel must I sell the remain- 
der to gain 10 io on the transaction ? 

323. At what price must I buy stock that pays an- 
nual dividends of 8 ^ in order to realize 4|- ^ on my 
Investment ? 

324. The amount of pure silver in a silver dollar is 
371.25 grains. When silver is worth 'o^ cents an 
ounce, what is the value as bullion of the silver which 
it contains ? 

325. Find the square root of 247.36, correct to 3 
decimal places. 



LATER REGENTS ARITHMETIC QUESTIONS 39 

XXIV. January SG, 1897 

326. Write in arabic notation four hundred eight 
and eight ten-thousandths, sixty three ten-raillionths. 
Express in words 401.0401, 48.32^. Write in reman 
notation 144. 

327. Simplify ^tt^l^^.!~t-^ • 

328. A and B hire a pasture 80 rods long and 48 
rods wide paying $2 an acre for the season. A puts 
in 4 head of cattle for 5 months and B 7 head for 4 
months. How much should each man pay ? 

329. Find the amount of $585 at simple interest for 
1 year, 5 months, 17 days at b^ fo. 

330. A rectangular cistern is 4 meters long, 3 me- 
ters wide, 2| meters deep; find its capacity in hecto- 
liters and the weight in kilograms of the water which 
it will hold. 

331. Bought hats at 127 a dozen and sold them at 
$3.75 each; find the gain per cent. 

332. William Snow bought this day of John West 
for cash the following: 4 lbs. tea at 45 cents, 2 lbs. 
coffee at 40 cents, 2 bushels potatoes at 50 cents, 25 
lbs. sugar at 5 cents. Make a receipted bill. 

333. Find the rate of income on an investment in 

4 fo bonds bought at 110. 

334. Find the cost at $6 a thousand of shingles laid 

5 inches to the weather to cover a roof of 1680 square 
feet. 

335. Find the cost of the following bill of lumber; 
20 pieces 13' x 6" x 10" at $14 a thousand 

10 pieces 16' x 2" x 4" at $16 a thousand 
6 pieces 24' x 8" x 10" at $15 a thousand. 



40 LATER KEGEISTTS AEITHMETIC QUESTIONS 

336. Bought 1864 lbs. of hay at 112 a ton and sold 
it at 80 cents a hundredweight; find the whole gaiii 
and the gain per cent. 

337. Find the depth of a cylindric half-bushel meas- 
ure whose diameter is 13 inches (1 bushel =2150.42 
cubic inches). 

338. A house worth $4500 is insured for f of its 
value at the rate of one-fourth of 1 ^ per annum; 
repairs cost 150 and taxes 142.50 a year. What must 
be the rent per month to realize 6 ^ on the investment ? 

339. Separate 745.29 into two equal factors. Give 
all the work. 

340. Indicate by signs the following: the sum of 12 
and 4 is multiplied by the difference between 7 and 5, 
this product is divided by 8 times the quotient of 9 
by 3, and this final result is subtracted from the 
square root of 40000. 

XXV. March 23, 1897 

341. Define subtrahend, least common multiple, 
evolution, percentage, present worth. 

342. Simplify the following: l>^-f- J±i^. 

343. A tank is 6.3 meters long, 35 decimeters wide 
and 420 centimeters deep; if a stream of water flows 
into the tank at the rate of 3.6 liters a minute, in how 
many minutes will it be filled ? 

344. Find the amount at 4|-^ simple interest of 
$537.15 for 2 years, 7 months, 21 days. 

345. Received 6 fo dividend on stock bought at 25 fa 
below par ; what rate of interest did the investment pay ? 



LATER REGENTS ARITHMETIC QUESTIONS 4V 

346. Find the greatest common divisor and the least 
common multiple of 492, 744, 1044. 

347. Find the cost of the following: 

78 boards 13' x 16" x ^" at 116.50 a 1000 feet. 
18 joists 10' X 4" X 3" at 113.75 a 1000 feet. 

348. On February 3, 1897, Philip Davis bought of 
William Eichmond of Albany 16| yards sheeting at 22 
cents a yard, 7^ yards flannel at 62|- cents a yard, ^ 
dozen handkerchiefs at 37^ cents each, and 2f yards 
drilling at ISJ cents a yard ; the bill is paid to-day. 
!AIake out the receipted bill in proper form. 

349. A house was sold for $7050 at a loss of 6^; 
for what price should it have been sold in order to 
gain 15 ^ ? 

350. Find the present worth of a note for 11753.50 
payable in 7 months, interest being computed at 5^ fo. 

351. A can dig a ditch in 6 days, B in 8 days and 
C in 12 days; how long will it take them to do the 
work if all work together ? 

352. At what price must 5 fo bonds be bought so as. 
to realize 7^ fo on the investment ? 

353. How many gallons of water must be drawn 
from a reservoir 30| feet long and 20f feet wide in 
order to lower the surface 8 inches ? 

354. Find the square root of 3286.9835 to two deci- 
mal places. 

355. If 27 men working 10 hours a day can build a 
wall in 14 days, how many hours a day must 12 men 
work to build the wall in 45 days ? (Solve by propor- 
tion.) 



42 LATER REGEJSriS ARITHMETIC QUESTIONS 

XXVL June 15, 1897 

356. Define product, cancelation, reciprocal, inter- 

■est, antecedent. 

17_5 q3._|_45 

357. Simplify '^^^, '|+^^ ^ 

358. Find the weight in kilograms of the water 
which fills a rectangular cistern 2.15 meters long, 18.6 
decimeters wide and 73 centimeters deep. 

359. Find the amount of $4356.80 at 5^^ simple 
interest from January 1, 1897, to the present time. 

360. If 10 fo is lost by selling cloth at 28 cents a 
yard, for what must it be sold to gain 20 ^ ? 

361. A can do a piece of work in 10 days; A and 
B together can do the same work in 7 days ; in how 
many days can B working alone do the work ? 

362. Make a receipted bill of the following : James 
Stewart bought this day of Jones & Eobinson 85 lbs. 
coffee at 25 cents, 36 lbs. tea at 65 cents, 63 gallons 
molasses at 37^ cents, 125 lbs. rice at 8J cents, 56 lbs. 
soap at 6|- cents. 

363. Find the cost at $17.50 a 1000 feet board meas- 
ure of 35 3-inch planks each 22 feet long and 16 
inches wide. 

364. Find the number of shares of stock at 30f fo 
discount that can be bought for $2650.50, brokerage ^ fo. 

365. A note for $368, drawn for three months with- 
out interest, is discounted at a bank at 6 ^; find the 
proceeds. 

366. A farmer who owns 356| acres of land sells ^ 
■of it to one man and f of it to another; what is the 
Talue of the remainder a,t $40 an acre ? 



LATER REGENTS ARITHMETIC QUESTIONS 43 

367. Find the square root of 2 correct to five deci- 
mal places. 

36.8. The signal service reports that 3| inches of 
rain fell in 24 hours ; how many gallons of water fell 
•on an acre of ground ? 

369. IIow many cubic feet of stone are required to 
build a wall 2 feet thick and 6 feet high about a rect- 
«,ngular cellar whose interior dimensions are 20 feet by 
16 feet ? 

370. A horse tethered to a post by a rope 40 feet 
long can reach 2 feet beyond the end of the rope; over 
how many square feet of ground can the horse graze ? 

XXVII. September SS, 1897 

371. Define notation, minuend, greatest common 
divisor, ratio, root. 

372. Simplify 26,7-11.80+6^ 

fX3HX.72 • 

373. Find the greatest common divisor of 7857, 
4536, 5832. 

374. Find the contents in liters of a bin 4.3 meters 
long, 33f decimeters wide and 281 centimeters deep. 

375. Find the amount of $1357.63 at oj^ simple 
interest from June 1, 1897 to the present time. 

376. Find the cost of the following bill of lumber; 
7 pieces 12' x 10" x 2" at $16.50 a 1000 feet, 

12 pieces 16' x 6" x 4" at $17.00 a 1000 feet, 
22 pieces 18' x 12" x 1" at 120.75 a 1000 feet. 

377. Make a receipted bill of the following transac- 
tion: On May 1, 1897, William Phelps bought of John 
Smith the following books: 25 algebras at 70 cents, 
20 arithmetics at $1.12, 18 readers at 95 cents, 2 dic- 
tionaries at $3.75. 



44 LATER REGEKTS ARITHMETIC QUESTIONS 

378. Bought 18970 lbs. of hay at $9 a ton, and 
12580 lbs. of straw at 17 a ton; sold the hay at 75 
cents a hundred pounds and the straw at 60 cents a, 
hundred pounds; find the entire gain. 

379. How many rings, each weighing 6 pwt. 10 gr,,. 
can be made from 4 oz. 16 pwt. 6 gr. of gold ? 

380. By selling a horse at 4f <fo profit a gain of 121 
is made; find the cost and the selling price. 

381. Find the annual income yielded by an invest- 
ment of $16401 in U. S. 4's at 109f . 

382. A school-house costing $9500 is to be built in 
a district whose property is valued at $1,920,000; find 
(a) the rate of taxation, (6) the amount of tax to be 
paid by a man whose property is valued at $6500. 
(No allowance for collection.) 

383. Find the number of square yards in the entire 
surface of the four walls and ceiling of a room 18 feet 
6 inches long, 12 feet 4 inches wide and 9 feet high. 

384o The capacity of a cylindric vessel 18 inches, 
high is 2 cubic feet; find the diameter of the vessel. 

385. How many rods of fence will be required to 
inclose a square field containing 2 acres ? 

XXVIII. January 25, 1898 

386. Define numerator, denominator, divisor, factor,, 
proportion. 

387. Find the weight in kilograms of a stone 1 me- 
ter square and .4 of a meter thick, assuming that the 
stone is 2^ times as heavy as water. 

3f-*X4.2 



388. Simplify 



2.0 

2 7 



LATER REGENTS ARITHMETIC QUESTIONS 45 

389. Find the interest on $375 at 4^ fo from July 1, 
1896, to the present time. 

390. Multiply 65.15 by 3.14159 and divide the re- 
sult by 57.296, finding a result correct to three deci- 
mal places. 

391. Find the cost at 150 an acre of a rectangular 
field 1650 feet long and 835 feet wide. 

392. Find the time required to fill a cistern 8 feet 
square and 5 feet deep by a pipe which admits water 
at the rate of 1 quart a second. 

393. Make a receipted bill of the following: J. L. 
Eobbins & Co. sold this day to Samuel Jones 8 yards 
cloth at 37^ cents, 24 yards calico at %\ cents, 1 dozen 
handkerchiefs at 12| cents and 3 dozen towels at 
$2.50 a dozen. 

394. Find the cost of four sticks of timber, each 8 
inches by 10 inches and 30 feet long, at $15 a 1000 
feet board measure. 

395. Find the least common multiple of 153, 204 
and 510 . 

396. If 4 ^ bonds to the amount of $8000 face value 
are bought at 92|^, find the cost of the bonds and the 
rate of income on the investment. 

397. If 3 men can do a piece of work in 8 days of 
10 hours each, how many men will be required to do 
tho same work in 6 days of 8 hours each ? (Solve by 
proporiion.) 

S98 By selling a horse for $144 a profit of 60 per 
Ocut 13 made ; find the cost of the horse. 

399. The diameter of a bicycle wheel is 28 inches; 
find the number of revolutions it makes in going 1 mile. 



46 LATER REGENTS ARITHMETIC QUESTI01>T3 

400. Find the square root of 7 correct to threo di^c i- 
mal places. 

XXIX. March 25, 1898 

401. Define abstract number, concrete number, 
power, multiple, discount. 

402. Find the contents in hectoliters of a bin 7.6- 
meters long, 43 decimeters wide and 386 centimeters- 
deep. 

403. Simplify tt>^iV+M_ 

404. $300 was loaned September 1, 1897; on Janu- 
ary 1, 1898, a payment of $100 was made; find the- 
amount due to-day, interest computed at 6 <fo. 

405. A and B together have $100 and f of A's money 
is equal to y% of B's money; how much has each ? 

406. Find the value in U. S. money of £24, 14 s. 
9d., assuming the pound sterling to be worth $4.86. 

407. Find the greatest common divisor of 1073,, 
1537, and 1160. 

408. Make a receipted bill of the following: Walker 
and Wilson sold this day to James Adams 500 feet 
hemlock at $14 a 1000 feet, 200 feet pine at $35 a 1000- 
feet, 160 feet spruce at $15 a 1000 feet and 10 thous- 
and shingles at $4.50 a thousand. 

409. Find the cost of plastering the four walls and 
the ceiling of a room 15 feet long, 12 feet wide and. 
9 feet high at 15 cents a square yard, allowing 6 square 
yards for openings. 

410. Find the proceeds of a note for $350, without 
interest, dated May 1, 1897, payable in 4 months and 
discounted July 16 at 5 ^. 



LATER REGENTS ARITHMETIC QUESTIONS 47 

411. A man sells a farm of 300 acres for $6375, thus. 
losing 15 per cent on its cost; how much did he pay 
f c the farm per acre ? 

412. How much money must be invested in 5 ^. 
bonds at 118 to yield an income of 11000 a year ? 

413. If a stick of timber 6 inches square and 20' 
feet long costs $1.50, what will be the cost of a stick 
8 inches square and 30 feet long ? (Solve by propor- 
tion.) 

414. Find the distance in millimeters between two 
opposite corners of a cubic meter. 

415. Find the contents in liters of a cylindric tank 
2 meters in diameter and 3 meters deep. 

XXX. June I4, 1898 

416. "Write in Arabic notation four million seventeen 
thousand eighty three and two hundred six hundred- 
thousandths. Write in Roman notation 1898. 

417. Simplify IX^Am^L^ 

418. Find the weight in grams of a bar of iron 3.2 
meters long, 1.5 decimeters wide and 3 centimeters 
thick. [Weight of one cubic decimeter of bar iron^ 
7.8 kilograms.] 

419. Find the amount of $1750, at 5^ simple inter- 
est, from Sept. 23, 1897, to the present time. "' 

420. On January 1, 1898, Edward White of I^ew 
York sold to Charles Holt for cash 1600 yards flannel 
at 37| cents a yard, 240 yards silk at $1.62|- a yard 
and 1500 yards cotton cloth at 8J cents a yard. Make 
out the receipted bill in proper form. 

421. Reduce to its lowest terms f y |g . 



48 LATER REGENTS ARITHMETIC QUESTIONS 

422. Bought 1|- acres of land at $3200 an acre and 
sold it at 12 cents a square foot; find the entire gain. 

423. Find the cost of carpeting a room 12 feet by 
16 feet with material f of a yard wide at 60 cents a 
yard. 

424. How many cords of wood can be stored in a 
shed 16 feet long, 12 feet wide and 6 feet high ? 

425. Find the proceeds of a note for 1900, dated 
December 1, payable in 60 days and discounted 
December 15 at 6 ^. 

426. Find the quoted price of bank stock when the 
cost of 150 shares, including brokerage at ^ fo, is 
$16875. 

427. Find the square root of 5 correct to four deci- 
mal places. 

428. Find the distance between two diagonally oppo- 
site corners of a rectangular lot which is 60 feet wide 
and contains 4800 square feet. 

429. Find the cost of paving a circular court 98 feet 
in diameter at 5 cents a square foot. 

430. If a man traveling 9 hours a day goes 405 miles 
in 15 days, how far can he go in 25 days, traveling 8 
hours a day at the same rate per hour ? (Solve by 
proportion. ) 

XXXI. September 21, 1898 

43 J. Define integer, quotient, prime factoi, ratio, 
interest. 

432. Write in Arabic notation MDCCCLXIV, CM, 
DV. Write in Eoman notation 999, 1776. 

433. Simplify ^^+^J,t^^'^ . 



LATER REGENTS ARITHMETIC QUESTION'S 49 

434. Find in liters the capacity of a rectangular 
tank 2^ meters long, G^ decimeters wide and 35 cen- 
timeters deep. 

435. Find the interest on $465 at 5 ^ from May 1, 
1898, to the present date. 

436. Express ^^ and ^ as decimal fractions ; add 
these decimals and express their sum as an improper 
fraction. 

437. Find the greatest common divisor of 3082, 
1518 and 1840. 

438. A grocer buys 20 bushels of potatoes at 75 
cents a bushel and sells them at 30 cents a peck ; find 
his entire gain and his gain per cent. 

439. A dealer buys 6 cords of wood at $4 a cord and 
8 tons of coal at $4.50 a ton; he sells the wood at 80 cts. 
a cord foot and the coal at 30 cents a hundredweight. 
Find his entire gain. 

440. Find the cost of papering the walls and ceiling 
of a room 18 feet by 14 feet, and 10 feet high, with 
paper, each roll of which is 2 feet wide, and 6 yards 
long, at 50 cents a roll, allowing 64 square feet for 
openings. 

441. Find in gallons the capacity of a cylindric 
vessel 2 feet in diameter and 4 feet deep. 

442. Bought U. S. 4 ^ bonds at 115f (brokerage |-^) 
to the amount of $5000 face value; find the annual 
income and the rate of interest on the investment. 

443. A three months note for $650, due October 1, 
was discounted at a bank August 14 at 6^; find the 
proceeds. 

444. Find the square root of 19 correct to three 
decimal places. 



50 LATER REGENTS ARITHMETIC QUESTIONS 

445. A bicyclist traveling 8 hours a day goes 576 
miles in 6 days; find how far he can go in 10 days if 
he travels 6 hours a day at the same rate per hour. 
(Solve by proportion.) 

XXXII. January 24., 1899 

446. Define five of the following: prime number, 
subtrahend, improper fraction, decimal, least common 
multiple, root, proceeds, antecedent. 

447. Simplify (|ox||+3f)XTV-(-75-^-^^). 

448. Find the least common multiple of 84, 126, 
and 540. 

449. Find the weight in kilograms of the water 
which fills a tank whose interior is 380 centimeters 
long, 23|- decimeters wide and .35 meters deep. 

450. Find the interest on $535 at 4|- fo from Septem- 
ber 9, 1898, to the present time. 

451. Eeduce ^, {^ andL^^^to decimals; from the 
sum of these decimals subtract .4315, and express the 
result as a common fraction. 

452. A, B and together have 1160; twice A's 
money is equal to half of B's money, and C has f as 
much as A and B together. How much has each ? 

453. David Palmer borrows this day of Samuel Hill 
6350, and gives his note for this amount for 4 months 
at 6 fo. Make out the promissory note in proper form. 

454. A man buys 2 acres of land at $600 an acre 5 
he sells 15 lots, 50 feet by 100 feet each, at $150 a lot, 
and the remainder of the land at 5 cents a square 
foot. Find his entire gain. 

455. Find the cost of 5 sticks of timber, each 20 
feet long and 6 inches by 9 inches, at $16 a 1000 feet 
board measure. 



LATER REGENTS ARITHMETIC QUESTIONS 51 

45G. Find the cost of carpeting a room 18 feet long 
and 12 feet wide with carpet f of a yard wide at 
$1.25 a yard. 

457. United States 4^ bonds, to the amount of 
$20000 face value, are bought at 122f (brokerage |- ^) ; 
find the cost of the bonds and the rate of income on 
the investment. 

458. A base ball " diamond " is 90 feet square; find 
in inches the distance between two diagonally opposite 
corners of the diamond. 

459. The roof of a stable is 30 feet long; the dis- 
tance between the eaves is 16 feet, and the height of 
the ridge above the eaves is 6 feet. Find the number 
of square feet in the roof. 

460. A wagon wheel makes 336 revolutions in roll- 
ing 1 mile; find the diameter of the wheel. 

XXXIII. March 28, 1899 

461. Write in Arabic notation eight hundred eight 
thousand eighty-eight and eight ten-thousandths. 
Express in words 61,056.003. "Write in Eoman nota- 
tion 1861. 

462. Simplify M><ii±M_+2.75— #. 

^2 6 • 39/^45 

463. Find in kilograms the weight of a bar of lead 
7.2 decimeters long, 4J centimeters wide and 25 milli- 
meters thick, lead being ] 1.35 times as heavy as water. 

464. A sum of money at 5 ^ simple interest amounts 
in 1 year, 9 months and 18 days to $1395.20; find 
the principal. 

465. Find the least common multiple of 126, 154 
and 280. 



52 LA.TEE KEGENTS ARITHMETIC QUESTIONS 

466. Make a receipted bill of the following: James 
Ladd sold this day to Samuel Pierce 3 lbs. tea at 65 
cents, 10 lbs. sugar at 5^ cents, 15 yards muslin at 8 
cents, 2 barrels potatoes at 12.50. 

467. Find the square root of 731.7025. 

468. Find the cost of plastering the walls and ceil- 
ing of a room 14 feet long, 10 feet wide and 9 feet 
high at 35 cents a square yard, making an allowance of 
one-half for 2 doors each 3 feet by 7 feet, and 3 win- 
dows each 2 feet 8 inches by 6 feet. 

469. Find in liters the capacity of a cistern 25 deci- 
meters square and 3 meters deep. 

470. If cranberries are bought at 14 a bushel, at 
what price per quart must they be sold in order to 
gain 20 ^ ? 

471. Find the cost of digging a ditch 20 rods long, 
4J feet deep and 18 inches wide at 25 cents a cubic 
yard of excavation. 

472. A has twice as much money as B, and C's 
money is equal to the sum of one-third A's money and 
one-half B's money; the three together have $25. 
How much has each ? 

473. At what price must 4 fo stock be bought so that 
the investment may yield 5 ^ ? 

474. A note for 1500, at 6^ dated May 25, 1898, 
payable in one year, has the following indorsements: 
Aug. 1, 1898, $150; Feb. 21, 1899, $250. Find the 
amount due at maturity. 

475. A calf fastened to a stake by a chain 27 feet 
long can reach 1 foot beyond the end of the chain; 
compute the area over which the calf can graze. 



LATER REGENTS ARITHMETIC QUESTIONS 53 

XXXIV. June 13, 1S99 

m. Simplify { (||x2|)+(|i.-4i|) ^6.3. 

477. If rain falls to a depth of 15 millimeters on a 
level, how many kilograms of water fall on a square 
kilometer of ground ? 

478. A sum of money at 4| fo simple interest 
amounted in ] year, 7 months and 18 days to $375.- 
725; find the principal. 

479. Reduce to its lowest terms ^fff- 

480. A, B and C together have $200; twice B's 
money is equal to three times C's money, and B and 
C together have f as much as A. How much has each ? 

481. Define five of the following: concrete number, 
proportion, minuend, power, involution, reciprocal, 
multiple, consequent. 

482. Find in rods to two decimal places the length 
of one side of a square field whose area is 3 acres. 

483. The proceeds of a note, due in 4 months and 
discounted at a bank at 6^ are $450.80; what is the 
face value of the note ? 

484. The water that fills a cylindric tank whose di- 
ameter is 1.4 meters weighs 4620 kilograms; find the 
depth of the tank. 

485. Find the cost of plastering the walls and ceil- 
ing of a room 14 feet by 10 feet and 9 feet high at 35 
cents a square yard, allowing 8 square yards for open- 
ings. 

480. Find the cost of digging a cellar 60 feet by 30 
feet and 8 feet deep if the excavating costs 50 cents a 
cubic yard. 

487. Find in bushels the capacity of a bin 8 feet 



54 LATER REGENTS ARITHMETIC QUESTIONS 

long, 5 feet deep and 4 feet wide. (Bushel = 2150.42 
cubic inches. ) 

488. A rectangular plot 120 feet long and 50 feet 
wide is surrounded by a walk 4 feet wide; find the 
cost of paving this walk at 30 cents a square yard. 

489. Find the rate of income on 4 ^ bonds bought 
at 115. 

490. On a note for 1700, dated Oct. 15, 1898, due 
in one year, with interest at 5 ^, the following pay- 
ments have been made: Mar. 9, 1899, 1300; June 1, 
1899, 1150. Find the amount due. 

XXTV. September 26, 1899 

491. Simplify (3 + ixf)-(i+f Xi)-(.59+A)= 

492. Find the weight in kilograms of a rectangular 
piece of cast-iron 53 centimeters long, 45 centimeters 
wide and 38 centimeters thick. (Oast-iron is 7o2 times 
as heavy as water.) 

493. A note for 1587 at 4^ <fo simple interest was given 
Jan. 30, 1899; find the amount of this note to-day. 

494. Bought 10 pieces of cloth containing 35 yards 
each for 128, and sold them at retail at 12|- cents a 
yard ; find the whole gain and the gain per cent. 

495. At what price must I buy 5 per cent bonds in 
order to get 4 per cent on my investment ? 

496. Find the greatest common divisor and the 
least common multiple of 1260, 2310 and 7350. 

497. Henry Wilson bought goods of Samuel White 
as follows: Aug. 1, 1899, 2 barrels flour at $6.50, pair 
shoes 13.50, 5 lbs. tea at 40 cents; Aug. 16, 50 lbs. 
sugar at 6 cents, 10 lbs. bacon at 10 cents. Make a 
receipted bill in proper form. 



LATEE KEGEIfTS ARITHMETIC QUESTIONS 55 

498. Find the cost of the following bill of lumber: 
10 pieces hemlock 10'X3"X4" at $16 a 1000 feet, 
25 pieces hemlock 12' X 8" XI" at $16 a 1000 feet, 
20 pieces pine 16' X 8" XI" at 130 a 1000 feet. 

499. if it costs $17.75 to dig a cellar 20 feet long, 
16 feet wide and 5 feet deep, how much will it cost to 
dig a cellar 24 feet long, 20 feet wide and 4 feet deep ? 

500. A man sells 2 horses for $100 each; on one he 
gains 25^ and on the other he loses 20^. Did he 
gain or lose on both, and how much ? 

501. Find the contents in bushels of a bin 8 feet 
long, 4 feet wide and 6 feet high. (1 bushel=2150.42 
cubic inches.) 

502. Find the number of square yards of plastering 
in the four walls and ceiling of a room 15 feet long, 
12 feet wide and 9 feet high, allowing 10 io for openings. 

503. At ?>\ bushels an acre how many bushels of 
seed oats will be required for a field 660 feet long and 
462 feet wide ? 

504. Find the square root of 3712.4 to two decimal 
places. 

505. How much water will flow in 1 hour from a 
pipe 8 centimeters in diameter if it flows at a velocity 
of 10 meters a second ? 

XXXVI. January 23, 1900 

506. Define five of the following: denominator, 
evolution, brokerage, prime factor, reciprocal, prem- 
ium, indorsement. 

507. Simplify ff X llf^if^. 

508. Find the weight of a bar of iron 6| centime- 



56 LATER REGENTS ARITHMETIC QUESTIONS 

ters wide, 26 millimeters thick and 40 centimeters 
long, iron being 7.8 times as heavy as water. 

509. Find the greatest common divisor (highest 
common factor) of 12032 and 16403. 

510. Find the amount of 1380 at 5 ^ simple interest 
from March 9, 1898, to the present date. 

511. A and B together have $70; has twice as 
much as B and A has three times as much as 0. How" 
much has each ? 

512. Eeduce iff, fff and f|^ to decimals. Add 
these decimals and express their sum as a common 
fraction in its simplest form. 

513. Find the cost, at 12 cents a square yard, of 
plastering the four walls and ceiling of a room 14 
feet by 12 feet and 9 feet high, allowing 15 square 
yards for doors and windows. 

514. Find in liters the capacity of a tank 1^ meters 
deep, 4f meters long and 3|- meters wide. 

515. Find the cost of the following items of lumber: 
3 pieces 8"X6"X12' at 117 a 1000 feet, 

30 pieces 12"X2"X14' at $20 a 1000 feet, 
20 pieces 10"X|"Xl£' at $25 a 1000 feet. 

516. Find the square root of 43 to three decimal 
places. 

517. An agent charged his principal $106.25 (com- 
mission being 2^fo) for buying 5000 bushels of wheat; 
the freight charges, etc. amounted to $43.75. How 
much a bushel did the wheat cost the principal ? 

518. A speculator buys bonds whose par value is 
110000 at 113f and sells them at 115|-; how much 
^oes he gain if brokerage is ^ ^ in each transaction ? 



LATER REGEN'TS ARITHMETIC QUESTIONS 57 

519. Find the proceeds of a note for $425 at 90 
days when discounted at 6 fo. 

520. Find the cost, at 75 cents a square yard, of 
pavinp a circular court whose radius is 40 feet. 

XXXVII. March SO, 1900 

521. Simplify { (14|-^if)-(6f Xf| }. X.0625. 

522. Find the cost of paving a walk 140 centimeters 
wide and f kilometers long at $1.25 a square meter. 

523. What is the value, at |5 a cord, of a pile of 
wood 4 feet wide, 10 feet high and 20 yards long ? 

524. Make a receipted bill of the following: Wil- 
liam Stone buys this day of Flagg Brothers 2 barrels 
flour at 15.50, 20 lbs. sugar at 5 J cents, 4 lbs. coffee 
at 35 cents, 5 lbs. butter at 28 cents, 2 bushels pota- 
toes at 45 cents. 

525. A note for $350, at 5 ^ simple interest, was 
given Nov 23, 1898; find the amount of this note 
to-day. 

526. A, B and C together have $250; B has f as 
much as A, and C has J as much as A and B together. 
How much has each ? 

527. The interior of a rectangular tank is 2|- feet 
by 3 feet by 5 feet; in how many minutes will this 
tank be filled by a pipe that admits 18 quarts of water 
a minute ? (1 gallon = 231 cubic inches.) 

528. A merchant sold a case of goods which cost. 
$14.40 at 10 fo below the marked price, thus gaining 
25 ^ on the cost ; find the marked price. 

529. Find in ounces the weight of 20 silver dollars.. 
(Weight of 1 silver dollar:=412.5 grains.) 

530. Find the square root of 6115729. 



^•S LATER REGENTS ARITHMETIC QUESTION'S 

531. A man pays $75 for insuring his house for f its 
Talue at IJ^; find the value of the house. 

532. A capitalist buys U. S. 4 ^ bonds to the amount 
•of 150,000 par value at 112f, brokerage ^fo', find the 
cost of the bonds and the rate of income on the in- 
vestment. 

• 533. On a note for 1400, at 6^ dated Jan. 12, 
1899, the following payments have been made: May 
■22, 1899, 1200; Oct. 2, 1899, $150. Find the amount 
due to-day. 

534. A yardstick perpendicular to a level floor casts 
a shadow 28 inches long; find the height of a flagstaff 
which at the same time cast a shadow 70 feet long. 

535. Eind in kilograms the weight of the water 
that fills a cylindric tank 1 meter high and 60 centi- 
meters in diameter. 

XXXVIII. June 12, 1900 
586. Simplify \ (f|+2*-3if)^(2^-l|+5H) \ 

X(.625XM). 

537. The bottom of a rectangular tank which holds 

2400 liters of water is 2J meters long and 120 centi- 
meters wide ; find, the depth of the tank. 

538. Find the greatest common divisor and the least 
•common multiple of 243, 198 and 264. 

539. A grocer pays $12 for 5 bushels of cranberries 
and sells them so as to gain 33^^; find the selling 
price per quart. 

540. Find the amount of $835 at i^ <fo simple inter- 
est from October 25, 1898, to the present time. 

541. Define five of the following: antecedent, deci- 
mal fraction, factor, interest, payee, policy, subtrahend 



LATER REGENTS ARITHMETIC QUESTIONS 59 

542. John Hartwell borrows this day of Charles 
Smith $280, giving his note for 3 months at 5 io. Write 
the promissory note in proper form and find its amount 
at maturity. 

543. If 1 bushel of wheat weighs GO lbs. what is the 
capacity in cubic feet of a bin which holds 1 ton of 
wheat ? (1 bushel=2150.42 cubic inches.) 

544. Find the cost of carpeting a floor 13| feet by 
18 feet, the carpet being f of a yard wide and costing 
$1.20 a yard. 

545. Find the exact contents in cubic yards of a 
solid wall 8 feet high and 18 inches thick around a 
rectangular court 20 yards by 32 yards. 

546. Find the square root of 73 to three decimal 
places. 

547. A person sells 200 shares of railway stock at 
105|- and invests the proceeds in mining stock at 70|-, 
paying \ io brokerage in each case ; how many shares 
of mining stock does he buy ? 

548. An agent sold 3000 bushels of oats, and, after 
deducting his commission of 2^ ^, sent his principal 
the proceeds, $877.50; for how much a bushel were 
the oats sold ? 

549. The list price of a bill of goods is $120; find 
the net cost when the successive commercial discounts 
are 20, 10 and 5. 

550. Find the number of square feet in the convex 
surface of a cylindric iron chimney 30 inches in dia- 
meter and 50 feet high. 

XXXIX. September 27, 1900 

551. Define five of the following: ratio, insurance, 



CO LATER REGEN"TS AEITHMETIC QUESTIONS 

discount, brokerage, cancelation, prime number, power, 

552. Simplify l---?t?^^|±i—. 

^ ^ .125-^.005—12^ 

553. The weight of a column of water whose base 
is 6 centimeters square is If kilograms; find the height 
of the column. How many liters are there in the 
column ? 

554. From l^ovember 29, 1899, till the present date 
$450 has gained 114.90 interest; find the rate of 
interest. 

555. Oil is sold at the rate of 28|- cents a gallon at 
a loss of 5 ^; find the cost per pint. 

556. How many shares of stock at 4^ discount can 
be bought for $3076, if the broker charges |-^ ? 

557. The proceeds of a note for 3 months discounted 
at a bank at 4 ^ is 1354; find the face of the note. 

558. Find the cost of 18 planks, 16 feet 8 inches 
long, 14 inches wide and 2|- inches thick, at $24 per M. 

559. What will it cost to carpet, in the most econ- 
omical way, a room 36 feet by 20 feet, with matting 
27 inches inches wide, at 45 cents a yard ? 

560. A commission merchant received $451 to in- 
vest in flour; after taking out his commission of 2^fo- 
how many barrels of flour did he buy at $5.50 a barrel ? 

561. A man sold two horses for $124 each; on one 
he gained 20 fo and on the other he lost 20 ^; find the 
whole gain or loss. 

562. Find the contents in gallons of a cylindric 
cistern that is 4 feet in diameter and 5 feet high. (1 
gallon=231 cubic inches.) 

563. It takes A three-fourths as long to do a piece 



LATER REGEISTTS ARITHMETIC QUESTIONS 61 

of work as it does B; it takes B twice as long at it 
does C ; if C can do the work in 3 days, how long will 
it take A, B and C working together ? 

564. Find the cost of plastering the walls and ceil- 
ing of a room 16 feet by 9 feet and 12 feet high, at 38 
cents a square yard, making an allowance of ^ for 
openings. 

565. Find a mean proportional between 867 and 48, 
and write the proportion. 

XL. January 24, 1901 

566. Define five of the following: abstract number, 
fraction, multiple, square root, dividend, tax, reciprocal. 



567. Simplify -^f ' ^^ -^^i-iir; 



568. Find the simple interest of 15000 at 4| ^ from 
August 25, 1900, till the present date . 

569. A tank is 2J meters long, 80 centimeters deep 
and 5 decimeters wide; find the capacity of the tank 
in liters and the weight in kilograms of the water 
required to fill the tank. 

570. Eeduce to its lowest terms \^^. 

571. A man sold 15 bushels of potatoes at 60 cents 
a bushel, thereby gaining $2.25; find the rate per cent 
of gain. 

572. To what depth will 240 gallons fill a vat 11 feet 
long and 7 feet wide ? (1 gallon=231 cubic inches.) 

573. Make a receipted bill of the following : John 
Drew bought of Taylor & Co., January 3, 1901, 25 
plank 10 feet long, 8 inches wide and IJ inches thick, 



62 LATER REGENTS ARITHMETIC QUESTIONS 

at 116 per M; January 17, 12 sticks of timber 28 feet 
long and 8 inches square at 130 per M. 

574. What is the difference between a discount of 
10 io and two successive discounts of 5 ^ each on a bill 
of S833 ? 

575. George Dent gives you to-day a note for 1480 
for 3 months without interest; write the note and find 
the proceeds if it is discounted to-day at a bank at 6 ^. 

576. A man pays 136 for an insurance of 14800- 
which is f the value of his house; find the rate of 
insurance and the value of his house. 

577. A merchant buys through an agent 120 pounds 
of tea at 60 cents a pound and pays 11.44 commission j 
find the rate of the agent's commission and the net 
cost of the tea to the merchant. 

578. Find the cost of digging a cellar 48'X36' and 
7|-' deep at 30 cents a cubic yard. 

579. The area of a lawn whose length is twice its 
breadth is 392 square yards; find the length- and 
breadth of the lawn. 

580. A man sells 540 shares of 4 ^ stock at 80 and 
loans the proceeds at h\io\ find the difference in his. 
income. 

XLI. March 88, 1901 

581. Simplify fc|±A±ii). 

582. What decimal part of 4 bushels, 1 peck, 6 
quarts is ^ of 9 bushels, 3 pecks, 7 quarts, 1 pint ? 

583. A tank is 6.5 meters long, 4.2 meters wide and 
2.6 meters deep; how many hours will it take a pipe to 
fill the tank if 169 liters of water flow into the tank 
per minute ? 



LATER REGENTS ARITHMETIC QUESTIONS 03- 

584. Find the exact contents in cubic feet of a cel- 
lar wall 40'X32' outside measurement, 8' high and 18" 
thick, allowing for one door 8'X5' and three windows 
each 1J'X3'. 

585. Find the amount of 1734 at 3J ^ simple interest 
from June 30, 1898, to the present date. 

586. Define five of the following: decimal, common 
divisor, prime number, multiplicand, integer, per 
cent, brokerage. 

587. Find the least common multiple of 765 and 
1428. 

588. How deep must a bin be that is 16' X 7' in order 
to hold 420 bushels ? (2150.4 cubic inches:=l bushel.) 

589. Find the proceeds of a note for 1500, payable 
in 90 days, without interest, if discounted at a bank 
at 6 ^ 40 days after date. 

590. If 240 pounds of sugar are sold for $19.20 at 
a gain of 28 ^, what was the cost per pound ? 

591. An agent's commission of 2^^ is $47.85; what 
sum must be sent him to cover both his commission, 
and the sum invested ? 

592. "When 6 fo bonds are selling at 166|-, brokerage 
^ ^, how much must be invested to secure an income 
of $840 ? 

593. A and B start from the same point, traveling 
in the same direction at the rate of 3 miles and 2 
miles an hour respectively; if A starts 2 hours after B> 
how far apart are they 5 hours after A starts ? 

594. At 9 cents a square yard what is the cost of 
painting the outside surface of a hollow cylinder 8 
leet long and 5 feet in diameter ? 



64 LATER REGENTS ARITHMETIC QUESITOIS"S 

595. How much tax will a farmer pay who is as- 
sessed for 375 acres of land at 118 an acre, and for 
$2500 personal property, the tax rate being 5^ mills 
on a dollar and the fee for collecting 1 ^ ? 

XLII. June 20, 1901 

596. Define five of the following : concrete number, 
prime number, cancelation, commission, ratio, negoti- 
able note, indorsement. 

597. Simplify [l=i+f+|xf ] ^7. 

598. Find the greatest common divisor and the least 
common multiple of Q^Q and 425. 

599. A rectangular plot of ground is surrounded 
by a walk 1 meter 7 decimeters wide ; the dimensions 
of the plot, including the walk, are 37 meters 4 deci- 
meters by 30 meters 4 decimeters. Find the area of 
the walk in square meters. 

600. Find the simple interest of 1620 at 4J <fo from 
September 27, 1900, to the present date. 

601. Amerchant marks an article $6, but selling it 
at a discount of 10^ for cash, gains 20^; find the 
cost of the article. 

602. Find the cost, @ 16 cts a square yard, of plas- 
tering the walls and ceiling of a room 18'XlG' and 12' 
higli, allowing 75 square feet for openings. 

603. A merchant buys through an agent 640 yards 
of carpet @ 75 cts. a yard and pays f ^ commission; 
the freight bill is 12.80. "What is the lowest price a 
yard at which the merchant can sell the carpet with- 
out loss ? 

604. A person failing in business owes $10800 and 



LATER REGENTS ARITHMETIC QUESTIONS 6& 

has property worth 17200; what will a creditor re- 
ceive whose claim is 1180 ? 

005. The distance around a circular park is 314.16 
rods; find the area of the park. 

606. A man sold through a broker 176 shares of 
stock @ 90^, brokerage ^^; what sum should the 
broker remit ? 

607. A cylindric cistern 6 feet deep is 7 feet in di- 
ameter; how many gallons will it hold? (1 gallon= 
231 cubic inches.) 

608. Find the square root of 129.2769. 

609. A four months note for $584, without interest, 
is discounted at a bank at 5 ^ on the day of its date; 
find the proceeds of the note. 

610. A block insured for 17500 at ^ ^ is destroyed 
by fire at the end of 8 years and the company pays f 
of the claim; what part of the msurance received is 
the total premium paid ? 



LATER 



Bejents Questions li Beograij 



1892-1902 



BEING ALL THE QUESTIONS IN THE SUBJECT GIVEN DURING THE 
YEARS NAMED IN EXAMINATIONS CONDUCTED BY THE RE- 
GENTS OP THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK 



PREPARED BY 



C. W. BARDKEN 



EDITOR OP THE SCHOOL BULLETIN 




SYRACUSE, K, Y. 

C. W. BARDEEN, Publisher 



Copyright, 1905, by C. W. Bardebm 



PKEFACE 

In 1877 I Degan to publish the Eegents questions 
with answers, printing from the beginning of the ex- 
aminations in 1865 to the date of each edition all the 
questions thus far put out in arithmetic, geography, 
grammar, and spelling, the only subjects then given. 
This was continued up to and including the examin- 
ation for June, 1882, when it was felt that the ques- 
tions for seventeen years gave sufficient indication of 
the work required, and in all editions since then the 
questions and answers have stopped with 1882. 

Since then, however, new subjects have been added, 
and the character of the questions has changed so- 
much that it is felt desirable. a new series should be 
prepared, and of that series this is the third volume, 
its predecessors being in civics and in arithmetic. 
The period chosen is the decade from 1892 to 1902, 
and all the questions in geography given by the Ee- 
gents during that period ai^e here given. 

But a new feature is added by giving, pp. 141 to 
168, a classification of the questions by topics, the 
division being quite minute. This enables the teacher 
to use the book throughout the year, supplementing 
the daily recitation by such questions on the topic of 
the day as have been given by the regents during a 
period of ten years. This not only puts each question, 
in varying form and thus throws new light upon it, 

(68) 



PREFACE 69 

but also indicates the proper perspective, the questions 
here given in so long a period showing pretty clearly 
what parts of each topic should be dwelt on most. 

As numbered there are 633 questions, but as each 
question has usually from four to twenty lettered sub- 
divisions the entire number of questions exceeds four 
thousand. Estimating them as 633, we find that 109 
deal wholly with New York state, 120 wholly with the 
United States, 23 with North America, 15 with other 
countries of North America, 30 with South America, 
46 with Europe, 16 with Asia, 10 with Africa, 10 with 
Oceania, while 174 inv^olve more than one continent, 
including 31 which describe journeys from one port to 
a port on another continent. The remaining 80 of 
the 633 deal with physical geography, including sev- 
eral in which countries are mentioned but only as illus- 
trations of the topic of climate. 

That more than one-sixth should refer to New York 
is certainly desirable, and as a whole the New York 
questions are admirable. Besides the 25 questions on 
mountains (we are now numbering the questions as 
sub-divided), there are 4 on the surface of the state 
as a whole; and the fact that New York rivers flow into 
the Mississippi, the Gulf of Susquehanna, Delaware 
bay, and the Gulf of St. Lawrence is called for over 
and over. A great deal is made here as in all countries 
of journeys by water and rail ; there are 24 questions 
on routes from New York city to other places. 

Much attention is paid to productions. Agricul- 
tural products in general are called for 7 times, while 
dairying, grapes, and wheat are called for 3 times each, 



70 LATEE REGENTS GEOGRAPHY QUESTIONS 

and flour, fruit, hops, and sugar once each. Besides a 
general question on mineral products, there are 7 ques- 
tions on iron, 5 on salt, 4 on natural gas, 2 on lime- 
stone, and 1 on granite — quite enough for the amount 
of that stone there is in the state. 

Besides questions on lumbering and manufactures 
there are special questions on collars and cufEs, gloves, 
and shoes. Nor is the interest in places measured by- 
population or business. Two questions refer in general 
to historical associations and 2 to the revolutionary 
war, while 8 refer to West Point, 5 to Saratoga, 4 to 
White Plains, 3 to Oriskany, 3 to Ticonderoga, and 1 
each to Cherry Valley, Fort Edward, Peekskill, Sack- 
etts Harbor, and Tarry town. Three questions refer 
in general to natural scenery, while Ausable Chasm is 
called for 5 times, Niagara falls 4 times, and Howes 
Cave and the Thousand Islands once each. Finally 
the pupils are asked 4 times to tell why New York is 
entitled to be called the Empire state, as well as twice 
to tell what makes New York city so prosperous. 

Turning now to the United States, we find the ques- 
tions largely made on similar principles. Of journeys 
to be described, for instance, we find besides the 24 with 
terminus at New York, 2 with terminus at Boston, 3 
at Philadelphia, 2 at Eichmond, 2 at New Orleans, 10 
at Chicago, 4 at Duluth and 8 at San Francisco, often 
calling for different routes, so that something must be 
known by the pupil of actual travel. There are alsa 
10 questions on standard time. Besides 4 general 
questions on exports and 4 on imports, 5 on irriga- 
tion, and 5 on general products, there are 10 questions 



PREFACE 71 

on wheat, 8 on cotton, 7 on sugar, 5 on corn, 4 on 
tobacco, 3 on rice, and 1 each on beef, coffee, fruit, 
lumber, pineapples, pork, raisins, turpentine. So in 
minerals there are 8 questions on coal, 4 each on gold,, 
silver, and iron, 3 on copper, 2 each on lead and salt, 
and 1 each on marble, petroleum, and zinc. 

There is also here a general question on places of- 
historic interest, one referring to places made interest- 
ing by the revolutionary war, and another to places 
prominent in the civil war; while 4 questions refer to 
Gettysburg, 2 each to Bunker ilill, Lexington, Valley 
Forge, Vicksburg, Yorktown, and 1 to Petersburg. 

In the North American questions it is worthy of 
note that Nicaragua has 5 questions, all relating to 
the interoceanic canal then proposed; of course the 
Panama canal may be expected to have equal promi- 
nence in the questions to come. Alaska, too, has 22 
questions, showing how prominent it was in the public 
eye during that period. The West Indies in general 
have 5 questions, besides 11 to Cuba, 3 to Jamaica, 
and 4 to Puerto Rico, showing the very proper tendency 
to question upon the back-ground of the current 
topics of the day. 

The South American questions are largely climatic, 
as befits a continent so remarkable in this respect. Of 
the questions on separate countries 8 refer to the 
Argentine Republic, 28 to Brazil, 8 to Chili, 3 to 
Ecuador, 1 to Patagonia, 2 to Peru, 4 to Uruguay, 
and 5 to Venezuela; a proportion worth noting. 

Europe has a much larger proportion of the ques- 
tions than the figures above given would indicate, as 



72 LA.TER REGENTS GEOGRAPHT QUESTIONS 

nearly every one of the 174 involving more than one 
continent refers to Europe. Of the separate countries 
17 questions refer to Austria, 3 to Belgium, 2 to Crete, 
3 to Denmark, 55 to England (besides 4 to Great 
Britain), 32 to France, 28 to Germany, 10 to Greece 
— all but one relating to Athens, 4 to Holland, 3 to 
Iceland, 11 to Ireland, 54 to Italy — a surprising pro- 
portion, 2 to Labrador, 12 to Norway, 3 to Portugal, 
31 to Russia, 17 to Scotland, 1 to Servia, 40 to Spain, 
6 to Sweden, 15 to Switzerland, 20 to Turkey, and 1 
to Wales. This is not the proportion of the text- 
books, and is worth consideration by teachers. 

Of Asian countries, 6 questions refer to Arabia, 2 
to Armenia, 5 to Ceylon, 29 to China, 1 to Cyprus, 40 
to India, 15 to Japan — sure to have a much larger pro- 
portion the next decade, 5 to Persia, and 2 to Siam. 

Of questions on African countries, 2 refer to Al- 
giers, 4 to Cape Colony, 3 to the Congo Free State, 21 
to Egypt — 8 of them to the Nile, 2 to Liberia, 7 to 
Madagascar — an unexpected and we should say unrea- 
sonable proportion, 2 to Mauritius, 4 to Morocco, 5 to 
the Transvaal, and 2 to Turkey-in-Asia. 

Australia has 17 questions, and of other islands 1 
refers to the Celebes, 1 to Guam, 3 to Java, 1 to the 
Malay archipelago, 2 to New Zealand and 4 to Sumatra 
— hardly the proportion of popular interest, 10 to the 
Philippines and 13 to the Sandwich islands — further 
illustrations of deference to current topics. 

The questions dealing with more than one continent 
are often very promiscuous; as, for instance: 

" 6. Where and what is each of the following- (a) 



PREFACE t o 

Westminster abbey ? (b) Coliseum ? (c) Bartholdi 
Statue or Statue of Liberty ? (d) Yosemite Valley ? " 

Or again : 

" 302. Give the location of five of the following and 
mention one important fact connected with each one 
located: (a) Waterloo, (&) Paris, (c) Edinburgh, (d) 
Athens, (e) Kile, (/) Alps, (g) Bosporus, (h) Gibral- 
tar, (i) Transvaal." 

Here there is no collocation to aid the pupil; the 
name itself must be familiar to him. Of general ques- 
tion referring to the entire globe (of course in addi- 
tion to those referring to localities), 12 refer to ex- 
ports and 6 to imports, 7 to animals; and there are 
question about bananas, cocoanuts, coffee, copper, 
cork, cotton, dates, figs, gold, government, honey, 
iron, ivory, lead, linen, llamas, mahogany, olive oil, 
palms, pampas, peaches, peanuts, raisins, rice, selvas, 
silk, silver, spices, sugar, tea, and trade winds— cer- 
tainly in sufficient variety. 

There are 8 questions on climate, besides 10 com- 
parisons of climates in different places; and there are 
no less than 23 questions on the seasons. On the 
zones there are 17 questions, besides 12 calls for a defi- 
nition. Of other frequent definitions bay is called for 
10 times, cape 12, equator 6, island 7, isthmus 9, lake 

5, latitude 7, longitude 6, peninsulas 13, polar circles 

6, promontory 5, strait 6, tropics 8. 

Questions on countries vary from simple location to 
full and detailed description, a favorite form being to 
call for (1) position on the earth, (2) capital and two 
principal cities, (3) chief mountains and rivers, (4) 



74 LATER REGENTS GEOGRAPHY QUESTIONS 

vegetable and mineral productions, (5) character of 
the people. Other topics mentioned are climate, gov- 
ernment, exports and imports, race, houses, dress, 
•occupations, peculiar customs. Sometimes a composi- 
tion of 50 words is asked for; and occasionally draw- 
ings are required, as of a palm tree and an Indian 
tent. One question asks for two things one would 
notice in visiting a Japanese house that one would not 
see in an American house — including, perhaps, respect 
of children for their elders. 

All this is geography from the human side, and 
different enough from the map-questions of the Mitch- 
ell's geography of the writer's boyhood. The pro- 
fusely illustrated key has emphasized this feature, giv- 
ing many pictures that take hold of the real life of 
the peoples of the different countries. Altogether 
this book of questions will tend to make geography 
teaching more interesting, more practical, and more 
fully related to the other subjects of school. 

A word in regard to the spelling of proper names. 
During the ten years there was considerable variation 
in this respect, as the questions were prepared by differ- 
ent persons with different standards. Thus in 18 we 
have Porto Eico, in 543 Puerto Rico; in 135 Peking, 
in 376 Pekin; in 242 Chili, in 523 Chile; in 256 Korea, 
in 287 Corea. It has been thought best to retain the 
spelling in the original questions, as the differences 
have in themselves no little interest. 

Syracuse, May 22, 1906. 



THE REGENTS QUESTIONS IN GEOGRAPHY 

1892-1902 

/. September 21, 1892 

1. Copy the outline map of Europe printed on the 
opposite page and (1) trace the boundaries of (a) 
JSpain, (b) Portugal, (c) France, (d) Switzerland, 

(e) the German Empire, (/) Austria, (g) Italy; 7 

(2) trace the following rivers and designate 
each by its name: (h) Thames, (i) Seine, 
(k) Elbe, (I) Danube, (m) Tiber, (n) 
Rhine ; 3 

(3) trace three mountain chains, naming each; 3 

(4) designate the location of (0) Liverpool, 
(p) Cologne, (q) St. Petersburg, (r) 
Vienna, (s) Athens, (t) Hamburg. 3 

2. Name the cities on the New York Central rail- 
way. 12 

3. Mention the six most recently admitted states 
and give the capital of each. 12 

4. (a) Where is the Yellowstone National Park? 
(b) Mention two points of interest to be seen there. 3 

5. What form of government prevails in each of 
the following countries: (a) Switzerland? (b) 
France? (c) Germany? (d) England? (e) Russia? 

(f) Brazil? 6 

6. Where and what is each of the following: 
(a) Westminster Abbey? (b) Coliseum? (c) Bar- 
tholdi Statue or Statue of Liberty ? (d) Yosemite 
Valley ? 8 

75 



76 LATER EEGENTS GEOGEAPHY QUESTIONS 

7. Where and what are the following: (a) Suez, 

(b) Sandy Hook, (c) Jamaica? 6 

8. Locate each of the following and tell for what 
it is noted: (a) Mauritius, (6) Juan Fernandez, 

(c) Sicily. 6 

9. Name three rivers that form part of the bound- 
aries of New York state. 3 

10. (a) Name the ranges of mountains in New 
York state. (6) To what mountain system do they 
belong ? -i 

11. Name four of the most important agricultural 
products of New York state. -t 

//. November 22, 1892 

12. Copy the outline map of South America 
printed on the opposite page of the question paper ; 
trace the boundaries of eight political divisions and 
write the name of each political division in its proper 
place. 1 6 

13. Through what waters would a steamer pass 
in going from Philadelphia to Sebastopol ? 10 

14. Mention a special object of interest in each of 
the following places: (a) St. Augustine, (Z>) New 
York, (c) Albany, (d) Boston, (e) Gibraltar, (f) 
Strasburg. 6 

15. Name in order the states along the coast be- 
tween Galveston and New York, 13 

16. Locate the following places and state for what 
each is noted: (a) Mecca, (&) Jerusalem, (c) Rio 
Janeiro, (d) Athens, (e) Rome. 5 

17. Mention four cities of New York state that 



LATKK REGENTS GEOGRAPHY QUESTIONS T7 

would be situated in a circle whose diameter is 20 
miles. 4 

18. (a) In what direction is Boston from Hart- 
ford? (b) Omaha from St. Louis? (c) Porto Rico 
from Cuba ? 3 

19. Arrange the following places in order of lati- 
tude: (a) Rome, (6) Bombay, (c) New Orleans, 
(d) Sydney. 4 

20. Mention one state in the Union extensively 
engaged in the cultivation of each of the following 
products: (a) tobacco, (b) cotton, (c) sugar cane, 
(d) rice. 4 

21. When it is 10 a. m. by standard time in ISTew 
York city, what is the standard time (a) in Chicago ? 
(6) in San Francisco? 2 

22. Give facts which justify the title Empire state 
as applied to ISTew York. 6 

23. Name and locate by diagram or otherwise the 
boundaries of the zones. 7 

///. December 29, 1892 

24. Bound by circles (a) the north temperate 
zone; (&) the south temperate zone. 4 

25. When it is noon at New York, is it forenoon 
or afternoon at San Francisco ? Give the reason for 
your answer. 3 

26. Locate the following cities: (a) Cincinnati; 
(6) St. Paul, (c) Savannah, {d) Valparaiso, (e) 
Glasgow, {f) Constantinople. 12 

27. Mention (a) two states of the Union specially 
famous for the production of iron; (6) two, for the 



78 LATER REGENTS GEOGRAPHY QUESTIONS 

production of cotton; (c) two, for the production of 
tobacco. 6 

28. Mention four cities which you would pass in 
sailing down the Hudson river from Albany to New 
York. 4 

29. Which of the United States produces (a) the 
most sugar? (6) the most copper? (c) the most 
coal ? 3 

30. Mention four cities on the Mississippi river 
and tell in what state each is situated. 8 

31. Describe the following rivers by telling where 
each one rises, in what direction and into what body 
of water it flows: (a) Columbia, (6) Rio Grande, 
(c) Ganges, (d) Amazon, (e) Rhone. 15 

32. (a) What cape at the eastern extremity of 
Brazil? (6) at the southern extremity of Greenland? 
(c) at the northern extremity of ]!^orway? (d) at 
the southern extremity of Africa ? , 4 

33. What seas lie between Europe and Asia ? 5 

34. Name in order the waters through which you 
would pass on a voyage from St. Louis to Boston. 5 

35. What political divisions of South America 
border on the Pacific ocean ? 4 

36. Mention two important agricultural products 
of the Chinese empire. 2 

37. What is the capital (a) of Egypt? (&) of 
Austria? (c) of Spain? (d) of Brazil? (e) of 
China ? Give the location of each. 10 

38. To what country does each of the following 
belong: (a) Australia, (&) Cuba, (c) Jamaica^ (d) 
Gibraltar ? 4 



LATEK KEGENTS GEOCUIAIMIY QUESTIONS T'J 

oJ>. What counties of JSiew York state border on 
Lake Erie 'i 2 

40. iSTanie three places in New York state cele- 
brate'd for natural scenery and tell in what county 
each is situated. G 

41. Mention three important lakes that fomi part 
of the boundary' of New Y^ork. 3 

IV. January 2Ji, 1892 

42. Copy the outline map printed on the opposite 
page and 

(a) Sketch the Adirondack and Catskill moun- 
tains ; draw Oneida lake and the Hudson, 
Mohawk and Genesee rivers; 12 

(h) Trace by a dotted line the course of the 
Erie canal, locating with name five cities 
through which it passes ; 6 

(c) Designate (name and location) the follow- 
ing counties: (a) Erie, (6) Kings, (c) 
Monroe. Locate with name the largest city 
of each of these counties. 6 

43. Mention the zones in which each of the follow- 
ing continents is situated: (a) South America, (b) 
Europe. (c) Which zone is most densely popu- 
lated ? 5 

44. Give the title of the ruler in each of the fol- 
lowing countries: (a) Turkey, (b) Germany, (c) 
Japan. 3 

45. In what states would you travel in going by a 
convenient railway route from New York city to St. 
Louis ? 8 



^0 LATER REGENTS GEOGRAPHY QUESTIONS 

46. Through what waters, including rivers, bays, 
straits, etc., would a vessel sail in going from Phila- 
delphia to St. Petersburg ? 10 

47. Where are the following canals and what wa- 
ters do they connect: (a) Suez, (6) Champlain, 
(c) Welland ? 9 

48. ISTame four countries, not including the British 
Isles, that are subject to the British government. 4 

49. JSFame and locate four principal seaports of 
Asia and mention one important export from each of 
these places. 8 

50. Arrange in the order of their latitude four 
leading cities of the British Isles. 8* 

51. Where and what are the following: (a) Mon- 
tauk, (6) Everest, (c) Corsica, (d) Christiania, (e) 
Marmora ? 10 

52. Where and what is each of the following: 
(a) Westminster Abbey, (b) St, Peter's, (c) Notre 
Dame, (d) the Alhambra? 8 

53. Where is each of the following: (a) Yose- 
mite valley, (&) Ausable chasm, (c) Mammoth 
cave. 6 

V. March IJf, 1893 

54. In the statement " the axis of the earth is 
inclined 23% degrees toward its orbit," what is 
meant (a) by axis? what (&) by orbit? (c) What 
effect does this inclination have on the climate of the 
temperate zone ? 10 

55. Mention three geographic conditions that make 
the Mississippi valley a good farming section. 9 

56. A ship is in south latitude 20 deg. and east 



LATER REGENTS GEOGRAPHY QUESTIONS 



8] 



longitude 75 deg. reckoning from Greenwich ; in what 
ocean is she ? 3 

57. Explain the necessity for irrigation in so many 
of the western states. 4 

58. Describe the most direct waterway from Lon- 
don to Calcutta. 10 

59. ISTame three points of interest in connection 
with any three of the following cities: (a) London, 
(6) Paris, (c) Rome, {d) New York, (e) Chicago. 9 

60. {a) What season is it now in Buenos Ayres ? 
{}>) Give reasons for your answer. 6 

61. Describe the Sandwich Islands as to their posi- 
tion, climate and productions, character of population, 
and approximate distance from the United States. 10 

62. Copy and fill out the following form : 





Approximate 
population 


Form of 
government 


Capital City 


England 








France 








Germany 








Italy 









12 

63. Name and locate five noted capes near commer- 
cial routes in the old or new world. 5 

^4. Name three nations that have peninsular 
homes. 3 

65. Locate each of the following and tell for what 



82 LATER KEGENTS GEOGKAPllY qUESTlO.Ns 

it is noted: {a) Mauritius, (6) Juan Fernandez, (c) 
St. Helena. ■ 1> 

(i6. Where and what is each of the following: (a) 
Yosemite valley, (&) Sandy Hook, (c) Hamburgh 
(d) Thames, (e) Ausable chasm? 10 

VI . June 13, 1893 

67. Copy the outline map printed on the opposite 
page and 

{a) Write in their proper places the names of 
any 10 political divisions : • 10 

(6) Trace any two of the following rivers, des- 
ignating hy name each river and the body 
of water into which it flows: (a) Volga, 
(&) Danube, (c) Po, {d) Ehine, (e) Seine, 
(/) Ehone. ' 6 

(c) Designate the location of five of the follow- 
ing cities: {g) Christiania, (/?,) Buda- 
Pesth, {%) Dublin, {h) Marseilles, (?) 
Edinburgh, (m) Geneva, (n) Hamburg, 
(o) Moscow, (p) Florence, (g) Madrid. 10 

68. Locate the following islands: (a) ISTew Zea- 
land, (6) Hawaii, (c) Azores. 6 

69. What is the approximate population of the 
United States? 2 

TO. Arrange the following in the order of their 
distance from the equator : St. Petersburg, Philadel- 
phia, London, Rome. 4- 

Tl. Mention three convenient routes by which' a 
person could go from ISTew York city to the Columbian 
exposition. 6 



LATER KEGENTS GEOGKAIMIY QUESTIONS 83 

72. Name four bodies of water to wliicli the rivers 
of New York state are tributary and mention a river 
which flows into each. 8 

73. Make a sketch of the Hudson and Mohawk 
rivers and locate with name six of the following 
places: (a) Fort Edward, (b) ISTewburg, (c) Utica, 
(d) Cohoes, (e) Kingston, (/) Amsterdam, (g) West 
Point, (h) Poughkeepsie, (i) Little Falls, (k) 
Peekskill. 10 

74. Give the approximate (a) size and (&) popu- 
lation of New York state. 4 

75. In what county is each of the following cities : 
(a) Rochester, (b) Brooklyn, (c) New York, (d) 
Buffalo ? 8 

76. Mention a port to which a vessel would be 
likely to go for a cargo of (a) coffee and spices; (&) 
tea and silk; (c) rice and cotton. 6 

77. With what article of export would a vessel be 
likely to load at (a) Hawaii? (b) Buenos Ayres ? 
(c) Cairo? 6 

78. Name the bodies of water that would be trav- 
ersed and the general directions that would be taken 
by a vessel starting from San Francisco, and proceed- 
ing successively to the Sandwich Islands, Sydney, 
Bombay and London. 14 

Vn. Avr/ust 16, 1S93 

79. Draw a map of the western hemisphere show- 
ing the contents and the position of the equator^ 
tropics and polar circles. 

80. Name the capitals of the following states and 



84: LATEE EEGEXTS OEOGKAPllY QUESTIONS 

tell ii}^K)ii what bodv of water each of these capitals 
is situated: (a) Massachusetts, {b) California, (c) 
Tennessee, {d) Pennsylvania, (e) Missouri, 

81. What lands are separated by the following: 
((/) Florida strait, {b) Dardanelles, {c) Strait of 
Bab el Maudeh, {d) Strait of Juan de Fuca, (e) 
St. George's Channel i 

S'2. ISTame the counties on the southern boundary 
of Xew York from Lake Erie to the Hudson river. 

83. !N^ame in order of size the largest five cities 
of New York and give their location. 

84. Describe the course by which the waters of 
Seneca lake would reach the Atlantic ocean. 

85. Draw an outline map of J^Tew York state and 
represent on this map with name (a) two mountain 
ranges and (b) three rivers. 

86. ISTame, in order from its mouth northward, five 
important tributaries to the Mississippi river from 
the west. 

87. Where are the following islands and by what 
bodies of water are they surrounded: (a) Cyprus, 
(b) Madagascar, (c) Xantucket, (d) Bermudas, (e) 
Iceland ? 

88. Where are the follo"\Hng and to what larger 
body of water is each most directly tributaiy: (a) 
Adriatic sea, (b) Sea of Azof, (e) Arabian sea, (d) 
Georgian bay, (c) James bay ^ 

89. Xame in order the bodies of water through 
Avhich you would pass in a voyage from Athens to 
London. 

90. Locate the following cities : (a) Calcutta, (b) 



LATEU IJEUKNTS GEOGRAPHY QUESTIONS 85 

UMarseilles, (c) Yokohama, (d) Rio Janeiro, (e) 
Cairo. 

1)1. Locate the following mountain ranges: (a) 
Pyrenees, (b) Appenines, (c) Atlas', (d) Sierra Ne- 
vada, (e) Ural. 

92. There is a mountain range in Europe from 
which rivers flow into the (a) North sea, (b) Medi- 
terranean sea, (c) Adriatic sea, and (d) Black sea; 
what is the mountain range, and what are the rivers'^ 

9.'3. Sketch the Hudson river and locate with name 
all the cities of the state on its banks. 

TV//. Septe tuber 2(i, 1S93 

94-6. Draw an outline map of New York state and 
-on it locate 

(a) five cities 
(6) five lakes 
(c) five rivers. 

97. Define (a) latitude, {b) longitude. What is 
the latitude (c) of the Arctic circle ? (rf) of the tropic 
of Cancer? (e) of the north pole? 

98. Make a sketch of the Mississippi river and of 
three of its branches. Name these branches. 

99. Arrange the following in order of population : 
United States, France, Russia, Italy, Spain. 

100. Locate any five of the following: (a) Nova 
Scotia, (6) Vancouvers Island, (c) Hudson Bay, 
{d) Vera Cruz, (e) Mount Etna, (f) Sardinia, {g) 
Lisbon, (h) Constantinople. 

101. State th7'ee proofs that the earth is spheric in 
shape. 



86 LATEK KEGENTS GEOGRAPHY QUESTIONS 

102. Name five countries of South America and 
give one important product of each. 

103. In what direction is each of the following 
places from Washington: (a) Havana, (b) Albany, 
(c) San Francisco, (d) Rio Janeiro, (e) London? 

104. Describe each of the following rivers by tell- 
ing where it rises, in what direction, through what 
countries and into what body of water it flows : (a) 
Rhine, (&) Danube, (c) Ganges, (d) Nile, (e) 
Yukon. 

105. State approximately the time required to go 
(a) by rail from New York to Chicago, (&) by rail 
from New York to San Francisco, (c) by steamer 
from New York to Liverpool. 

106. Give reasons which justify the title Empire 
State as applied to New York. 

107. Mention two places which produce extensively 
{a) cotton, (&) tobacco, (c) coffee, {d) tea, (e) 
sugar. 

108. Mention one locality which mines in large 
quantities (a) iron, (6) lead, (c) copper, {d) silver, 
(e) gold. 

IX. November 28, 1893 

109. Draw an outline map of New York state of 
sufiicient size to fill an entire page. 

110. Locate on the above map any 10 cities, writ- 
ing the name of each. 

111. Designate on the above map five rivers, writ- 
ing the name of each. 

112. Name in order the states bordering on the 
Atlantic. 



LATER KKGENTS GEOGKAPllY (iL•EST10^'S 87 

113. Mention five seaports in Europe to which 
steamers leaving New York sail regularly. 

114. When it is 12 o'clock noon by standard time 
in New York city, what time is it (a) at Chicago ? 
What {h) at San Francisco? 

115. (a) Where is Nicaragua'^ (6) What is its 
form of government? (c) What large body of water 
does it contain ? {d) Why is it specially important at 
this time? 

116. Describe the (a) climate, (6) character of 
people and (c) principal productions of Mexico. 

117. (a) Describe briefly the government of Brit- 
ish America. (6) Name three of its political divi- 
sions and give one important product of each. 

118. («) Where are the Aleutian islands? (6) 
To what nation do they belong? (c) What importance 
attaches to them ? 

119. Mention one important export from each of 
the following countries: (a) Brazil, (6) Argentine 
Republic, (c) Turkey, {d) Italy, (e) Spain, (f) 
Switzerland, {g) Norway, Qi) Russia, (i) China, 
(h) Japan. 

120. Name the states you would pass through in 
going by a convenient railway route from New York 
to San Francisco. 

121. Name in order the bodies of water you would 
traverse in going by steamer from Philadelphia to any 
port on the Black sea. 

122. Where and what is each of the following: 
{a) Venice, (6) St. Elias, (c) Java, {d) Iceland, 
<e) Caloutta,? 



88 LATER REGENTS GEOGRAPHY QUESTIONS 

123. Which of the grand divisions has (a) the 
greatest population? Which, (6) the greatest area? 

X. January 23, 189 Jf- 

124. Define (a) latitude, (6) longitude, (c) prime 
meridian, (d) parallel of latitude, (e) climate. 

125. Make a diagram showing the zones into which, 
the earth's surface is divided, the width in degrees, 
and the name of each zone, and the names of the- 
hounding lines. 

126. What would he the width of each zone if the- 
inclination of the earth's axis were increased 10 de- 
grees ? 

127-8. Make a sketch of the Mississippi river and 
five of its principal branches, showing state lines and. 
locations of five cities situated on the river. [Give 
names in all cases.] 

129. ISTame in order of size the five largest cities- 
in New York state, and give the county in which each. 
is located. 

130. ISTame and locate five places in IsTew York 
state which are noteworthy on account of incidents, 
of the revoltition which occurred in or near them. 

131. State approximately the time required to go 
(a) by regular passenger train from 'New York ta 
Buifalo, (h) from ISTew York to Chicago, (c) from 
ISTew York to San Francisco; by regular steamer (d) 
from ISTew York to Liverpool, (e) from ISTew York 
to Rio Janeiro. 

132. What and where are the folloAving: (a) 
Orinoco, (6) Amazon, (c) St. Elias, (d) Yosemite, 



LATER REGENTS GEOGRAPHY QUESTIONS 89 

(e) Yucatan, (/) Crete, (g) Caucasus, (h) Crimea, 
(i) Palos, (A;) Vesuvius ? 

133. Compare the climate of the state of Wash- 
ington with that of the state of Maine and account 
for the difference. 

134. Describe two different water routes from Chi- 
cago to Liverpool, giving the names of the bodies of 
water passed over in each. 

135. Give the location of each of the following 
places and state one important fact concerning each : 
(a) St, Augustine, (6) Lexington, (c) Athens, (d) 
Calcutta, (e) Peking. 

136. Describe (a) three rivers and (&) two moun- 
tain chains in Asia. 

137. Name and locate five provinces in Africa. 
To what European government does each belong ? 

138. Mention one leading product of each of the 
following: (a) Brazil, (b) Sweden, (c) Italy, (d) 
Sumatra, (e) Cuba, (/) Persia, (g) China, (h) 
Hawaii, (i) Australia, (h) Central Africa. 

XI. March 13, 189J^ 

139. State two proofs of the rotundity of the earth. 

140. (a) Give the principal causes of the change 
of seasons, (b) What season is it now in Brazil? 

141. By what course does the drainage from each 
of the following counties reach the ocean : (a) Steu- 
ben, (b) Wayne, (c) Fulton, (d) Livingston, (e) 
Sullivan ? 

142. Arrange in order of size the five largest cities 
of New York. 

143. Locate the following counties of New York 



90 LATEE KEGENTS GEOGRAPHY QUESTIONS 

state: (a) Tompkins, (b) Warren, (c) Rockland, 
(d) Otsego, (e) Orleans. 

144. Name the states bounded in part by the Ohio 
river, and give the capital of each. 

145. Describe (a) three rivers and (&) two lakes 
situated west of the Eocky mountains. 

146. ISTame the four largest islands of the West 
Indies. To what government is each subject? 

147-8. Draw an outline map of South America, 
giving (1) the location by name of 10 political divi- 
sions; (2) a sketch of the (a) Orinoco, (6) Amazon 
and (c) La Plata rivers; (3) the location of (d) Rio 
Janeiro, (e) Bogota, (f) Buenos Ayres, (g) Mt. 
Chimborazo, (h) Mt. Cotopaxi. 

149. ISTame in order the bodies of water a ship 
would traverse in going from St. Petersburg to Con- 
stantinople. 

150. Describe five important rivers of Europe and 
name one important city situated on each of these 
rivers. 

151. Describe British India as to government, na- 
tive population, climate, productions. 

152. What and where is each of the following: 
(a) Madagascar, (6) Hoang Ho, (c) Melbourne, (d) 
Bosphorus, (e) Titicaca ? 

153. Describe the eastern coast line of Asia, nam- 
ing the principal projections and indentations. 

XII. June 12, 189J^ 

154. Define (a) zone, (6) equator, (c) sound, (d) 
peninsida, (e) cape. 



LATER REGENTS GEOGRAPHY QUESTIONS 91 

155. (a) What season is it now in the Argentine 
republic? (b) Why? 

156-8. Draw a map of the Great Lakes and the 
river connecting them with the ocean. Locate with 
name one important city on each of four of these 
lakes. 

159. State approximately the distance (a) from 
N'ew York to Buffalo, (b) from New York to San 
Francisco, (c) from New York to Washington, (d) 
from Albany to Buffalo. 

160. Give the location of each of the following 
places and tell why each is noteworthy: (a) Syra- 
cuse, (6) Sacketts Harbor, (c) Ithaca, (d) White 
Plains, (e) West Point. 

161. What and where are the following: (a) 
Danube, (b) Don, (c) Moscow, (d) St. Elias, (e) 
Saranac? 

162. Name and describe (a) three rivers and (&) 
two mountain ranges of Europe. 

163. Where are (a) bananas produced extensively? 
(b) figs? (c) raisins? (d) peaches? (e) spices? 

164. Name five rivers of the United States which 
flow into the Atlantic ocean, and give the location of 
the mouth of each. 

165. Name the states that would be traversed in 
going in a direct line from Richmond to San Fran- 
cisco. 

166. When is (a) the longest day and when (b) 
the shortest in this hemisphere ? (c) When are day 
and night of equal length ? (d) Answer the same 
questions with regard to the southern hemisphere. 



92 LATER EEGENTS GEOGKAPHY QUESTIONS 

167. Describe one important river (a) of Africa^ 
one (b) oi Asia. 

168. Describe British America as to (a) soil, (6) 
climate, (c) productions and (d) character of popu- 
lation. 

XIII. September 25, 189 If. 

169. Illustrate by diagram the meaning of each of 
the following terms: (a) island, (b) cape, (c) bay,. 

(d) peninsula, (e) isthmus. 

170. Explain the change of seasons. Illustrate by 
diagrams. 

171. ]^ame the grand divisions of land in order of 
si^e. 

172. Arrange the following in order of latitude, 
beginning with the most northerly: («.) Gibraltar,, 
(b) Rio Janeiro, (c) St, Petersburg, (d) London^ 

(e) Washington. 

173-4. Write a short description of the surface, 
climate, productions, commerce and government of 
one of the following couutries: (a) Brazil, (&) Mex- 
ico, (c) [N'orway, (d) Italy, (e) Turkey. 

175. ISTame one river and one city on that river in 
each of the following countries: (a) Scotland, (6) 
France, (c) Egypt, (d) China, (e) Spain. 

176. Mention the principal geographic reasons for 
the great growth of ISTew York city. 

177. (a) AVliat is meant by standard time? (b) 
When it is 12 o'clock noon by standard time at ISTew 
York, what time is it at San Erancisco ? 

178. What is the approximate distance from 'New 
York to each of the following points: (a) Buffalo, 



I.ATER REGENTS GEOGRAPHY QUESTIONS 93 

(&) Chicago, (c) San Francisco, {d) Washington, 
(e) Liverpool? 

179-80. Write a description of the surface of New 
York state. 

181. j^ame in order five important indentations of 
the Atlantic coast of the United States. 

182. State aj^proximately the area and the popula- 
tion of (a) New York state and of (6) the United 
States. 

183. iSTame in order the bodies of water traversed 
in going from Chicago to Havre by water. 

XIV. November 21, 189k 

184. Define or illustrate bj a drawing each of the 
following: (a) ca'pe, (b) peninsula, (c) bay, (d) 
lake, (e) strait. 

185. Give tivo proofs of the rotundity of the earth. 

186. Xame in order of size five of the largest cities 
of New York state and give the location of each. 

187. Give in order the different bodies of water on 
which one would sail in going from Chicago to the 
Atlantic ocean. 

188. What causes the change of seasons ? 

189. Give the location and the reason for the im- 
portance of each of five of the following: (a) Water- 
loo, (b) Constantinople, (c) Cherry Valley, (d) Val- 
ley Forge, (e) Bunker Hill, (/) Corea, (g) London, 
(h) Gettysburg, (i) West Point. 

190. (a) What is standard time? (b) What time 
is standard in New York state? (c) What in Chi- 
cago? 



94 LATER EEGENTS GEOGEAPllY QUESTIONS 

191. (a) Give the location of each of the tropics 
and of each of the polar circles. (6) Why is each 
located where it is ? 

192. ]^ame in order the states of the United States 
which border on the Atlantic. 

193. Arrange the following cities in order of lati- 
tude, putting the most northerly one first : San Fran- 
cisco, London, Yokohama, 'New Orleans, Venice. 

194. Describe (a) the Welland canal, (&) the Erie 
canal. Mention the bodies of water connected by 
each. 

In questions 195-6, 197-8 write a description of one 
country in each group chosen, touching on (!) posi- 
tion on the earth, (2) capital and two principal cities, 
(3) chief mountains and rivers, (Jf.) vegetable and 
mineral productions, (5) manufactures and com- 
merce. 

195-6. (a.) Australia, (6) Egypt, (c) Brazil, (d) 
China. 

197-8. (a.) United States, (&) Erance, (c) Spain, 
(d) Japan. 

XV. January 22, 1895 

199. Define or illustrate by a drawing each of the 
following terms: (a) hay, (b) cape, (c) peninsula, 
(d) strait, (e) isthmus. 

200. Give the names and the latitudes of the 
bounding lines of each of the five zones. 

201. Name and locate lakes wholly in New York 
state whose waters find their way to the ocean as fol- 
lows: (a) two through the Gulf of St. Lawrence, (b) 



LATER REGENTS GEOGRAPHY QUESTIONS 95 

one through the Gulf of Mexico, (c) one through 
Chesapeake Bay, (d) one through New York bay. 

202. Locate each of the following places and state 
why each is noteworthy: (a) Ticonderoga, (b) Oris- 
kany, (c) Clinton, (d) Fredonia, (e) Saratoga. 

203. In what direction from Berlin is each of the 
following places: (a) Hamburg, (b) Cologne, (c) 
Paris, {d) London, (e) St. Petersburg? 

204. Name three important canals in New York 
state and give the approximate length, the general 
direction and the terminal points of each. 

205. Give the location of each of the following 
places and state one important fact connected with 
each: (a) Black Hills, (b) Yosemite, (c) Great Salt 
lake, (d) Everglades, (e) Adirondack park. 

206. Where is the great wheat producing section 
of the United States ? State facts regarding its sur- 
face, its climate, and its facilities for transportation. 

207. State approximately the distance (a) from 
New Orleans to Duluth; (6) from New York to San 
Francisco; (c) from New York to Buffalo; (d) from 
New York to Plattsburg; (e) from New York to 
Liverpool. 

208. Name and locate five countries of South 
America and mention one important product of each. 

209. Where and what are the following: (a) 
Bahamas, (b) West Indies, (c) Rio Grande, (d) 
Sardinia, (e) Pyrenees? 

210. Name in order of size five of the largest 
countries of continental Europe and give the capital 
of each. 



96 LATEE REGENTS GEOGRAPHY QUESTIONS 

211-12. Give a brief account of the location, ex- 
tent, climate, productions, and people of Japan. 

213. Describe (a) three rivers and (&) two lakes 
of Africa. 

ZVI. March 12, 1895 

214. Define or illustrate by a drawing each of the 
following terms : (a) archipelago, (b) pro^nontory, 
(c) gulf, (d) meridian, (e) tropics. 

215. (a) What is the greatest latitude a place can 
have? (6) the greatest longitude? (c) ISTame three 
places whose latitude you know and give the latitude 
of each. 

216. Explain why it is warmer in summer than in 
winter. Use drawing to illustrate. 

217. Locate an important coal region in the 
United States and describe the process of mining coal. 

218. When it is 12 o'clock noon standard time in 
'New York, what is the standard time in San Fran- 
cisco ? Explain. 

219. Draw an outline map of the United States. 
(Use an entire page.) 

220. Designate (name and location) on the map 
required by question 219 five important rivers four of 
which are not in ISTew York state. 

221. Designate (name and location) the follow- 
ing on the map required by question 219 : parallel of 
40° north latitude, San Erancisco, Chicago, St. 
Louis, Philadelphia. 

222. Give the location of each of the following: 
Pekin, Calcutta, Savannah, Kio Janeiro, Melbourne. 

223. Describe the Esquimaux as to dress, food, 



LATER KF-GENTS GEOGEAPHY QUESTIONS 97 

occupation, dwelliugs (drawing preferred), and 
mode of transportation. 

224. Make a -drawing of one of the following: 
palm tree, dwelling of a Swiss peasant, banana plant, 
Indian tent. 

In questions 225-6, 227-8 write a description of 
one country in each group chosen, touching on (a) 
position on the earth, (b) capital and two principal 
cities, (c) chief mountains and rivers, (d) vegetable 
■and mineral productions, (e) manufactures and com- 
merce. 

225-6. Mexico, Italy, Hindoostan, Persia. 

227-8. ISTorway, Chili, Canada, Alaska, Lapland. 

XVII. June 11, 1895 

229. Define or illustrate by a drawing each of the 
following terms : lake, mountain system, continent, 
gulf, cape. 

230. Explain the change of seasons, using a dia- 
gram to illustrate. 

231. State two proofs that the earth is spheric in 
shape. 

232. JN^ame five cities of New York state not on 
the Hudson river. IS^ame the county in which each 
of these cities is situated and give one important fact 
connected with each. 

233. Mention the reasons for the great growth of 
(a) Buffalo, (&) Denver. 

234. !N'ame (a) three states in which coal is 
mined; (6) two that produce gold; (c) two that pro- 
duce salt. 



98 LATER REGENTS GEOGRAPHY QUESTIONS 

235. Describe a western prairie as to surface, veg- 
etation and character of soil. 

236. (a) What is irrigation? (6) ISTame twa 
states in which it is exte;isively employed, (c) 
What are the advantages of agriculture with irriga- 
tion over agriculture without irrigation ? 

237. Name and locate five European cities. Men- 
tion one noteworthy fact connected with each. 

238. Where is l!^icaragua ? Why is Nicaragua 
of special importance at the present time ? 

239. Name and locate (a) three important rivers 
and (&) two important cities of South America. 

240. What and where is each of the following: 
(a) Chimborazo, (&) Porto Rico, (c) Hawaii, (d) 
Bosporus, (e) Biab-el-Mandeb ? 

241. Describe conditions of climate and surface 
favorable to one of the following: grazing, wheat 
growing, rice growing. 

In questions 2Ji-2-3 write a description of one 
country touching on (a) position on the earth, (6) 
capital and two principal cities, (c) chief mountains 
and rivers, (d) vegetable and mineral productions, 
(e) manufactures and commerce. 

242-3. Chili, Australia, Spain, British India. 

XYIII. September 2J^, 1895 

244. Define or illustrate by a drawing each of the 
following terms: (a) bay, (6) island, (c) isthmus, 
(d) peninsula, (e) lake. 

246. Describe two motions of the earth ; give one 
result of each. 



LATER REGENTS GEOGltAPIlY QUESTIONS 91> 

246. Mention one natural feature which accounts 
in part for the growth of each of the following cities : 
(a) New York, (6) Colioes, (c) Rochester, (d) Buf- 
falo, (e) Elmira. Explain. 

247. Describe one of the following as to location^ 
surface, agricultural and manufactured products : 
(a) the Adirondack region, {h) the Mohawk valley, 
(c) the Genesee vallciy. 

248. (a) Make a drawing of the system of state 
canals of New York state. (6) Of what advantage 
are these canals to the state ? 

249. Name and locate one important city in each 
of the New England states and give the reason why 
the city named is noteworthy. 

250. Dciscribe a water route by which one could 
travel from Binghamton, New York, to Richmond, 
Virginia. 

251. Give the location of each of the following: 
(a) Great Salt lake, (&) Pike's Peak, (c) Yellow- 
stone park, {d) Black hills, (e) Aleutian islands. 

252. Describe a water route to Liverpool from 
Duluth on Lake Superior. 

253. (a) In what zones is South America? {h) 
Describe three rivers of South America. 

254. Name the five largest countries of Europe 
and give the capital of each. 

255. Name one important river and one important 
city on that river in each of the following: (a) 
Russia, (6) France, (c) England, {d) Spain, (^) 
Italy. 

256. Where and what is each of the following: 

LOFC. 



100 LATEK KEGENTS GEOGRAPHY QUESTIONS 

(a) Yokohama, (b) Korea, (c) Formosa, (d) Pekin, 
{e) Hoang Ho ? 

In question 257-8 write a description of one coun- 
try touching on (1) position on the earth, (2) capital 
and two principal cities, (3) chief mountains and 
rivers, (4) vegetables and mineral productions, (5) 
manufactures and commerce. 

257-8. (a) Cuba, (&) Hindustan, (c) Brazil, (d) 
l^orway, (e) Italy. 

XIX. January 28, 1896 

259. Make one drawing in which all of the follow- 
ing shall be illustrated: (a) lake, (&) river, (c) 
island, (d) peninsula, (e) hill. 

260. Make a drawing of a hemisphere showing all 
the zones, with the width of each in degrees, and the 
location and names of the bounding circles. 

261. -Explain the change of seasons. 

262. Compare the climate of the Pacific coast of 
ISTorth America with that of the Atlantic coast of 
ISTorth America. Give one reason for the difference. 

263. Describe one railway route between ISTew 
York and San Francisco, naming the principal cities 
through which it passes. 

264. Give reasons why the Adirondack forest 
should be preserved. 

265. l^ame in order the bodies of water that would 
be traversed in going by water from Chicago to Lon- 
don, England. 

266. (a) Describe the Eocky Mountain system and 
(&) name three of its highest peaks. 



LATER KEGENTS GEOGRAPHY QUESTIONS 101 

267. Give the location of each of the following 
places and mention an historical event connected with 
each: (a) Ticonderoga, (b) White Plains, (c) Oris- 
kany, (d) Gettysburg, (e) Yorktown. 

268. Name (a) two counties of JSTew York state 
that produce natural gas; (6) tiuo that produce salt; 

(c) one that produces iron. 

269. Name five important seaports of continental 
Europe and give the country in which each is located. 

270. Describe (a) two rivers of Europe; (&) two 
rivers of Asia (c) one river of Africa. 

271. Copy the following, filling the blank in each 
case with the name of a country answering to the 
condition : 

Sugar is exported in large quantities from , 

coal from , silk from , wool from , 

mahogany from 

In questions 212-S write a description of one of 
the countries named, touching on {!) position on the 
earth, {2) capital and two principal cities, (3) chief 
mountains and rivers, (4) vegetable and mineral pro- 
ductions, (5) manufactures and commerce. 

272-3. (a) Mexico, (6) Austria, (c) Argentine 
Hepublic, (d) Italy. 

XX. March 2U, 1896 

2Y4-5. Make an outline map of some locality, 
showing (a) an island, (&) a cape, (c) a bay and 

(d) a. river. Name each. 

276. Name the five continents in (a) order of 
size, (6) order of population. 



102 LATEK REGENTS GEOGKAPHY QUESTIONS 

277. Compare the climate of an island in the ocean 
with the climate of that part of a continent in the 
same latitude. Account for the difference. 

278. («) Mention tivo of the principal grape pro- 
ducing sections of 'New York state. (5) What makes 
the climate of each of these sections favorable to this 
crop ? 

279. Mention (a) three important exports from 
the United States; (&) two important imports. 
Where is each of the articles named largely produced ? 

280. Describe the surface of ISTew York state, men- 
tioning the principal elevations and depressions. 

281. Which has the greater altitude, (a) Oswego 
or Ithaca? (6) Buffalo or Eochester ? (c) Whitehall 
or Quebec? Give a reason for your answer in each. 
case. 

282. Describe two of the following: (a) Niagara 
falls, (&) Yosemite valley, (c) canon of the Colorado^ 
(d) Mammoth cave, (e) Pike's peak. 

283. If the axis of the earth were to become per- 
pendicular to the plane of its orbit, what would be 
the effect on («.) relative length of day and night, (b) 
change of seasons ? 

284. ISTame (a) two republics and (b) three mon- 
archies of Europe. ISTame and locate the capital of 
each. 

285. ISTame and locate five important cities of the 
United States west of the Mississippi river. 

286. ISTame in order the waters that would be 
traversed and the countries that would be passed in 
coasting from Hamburg, Germany, to Rome, Italy. 



IvATEK iiEGENTS GEOCiKAPliY QUESTlOiNS lOo 

287-8. Write a description of two of the following 
countries, touching on (1) position on the earth, (2) 
capital and a principal city, (3) chief mountains and 
rivers, (4) vegetable and mineral productions, (5) 
commerce: (a) Alaska, (h) Venezuela, (c) British 
America, (d) Italy, (e) Corea. 

XXL June 16, 1896 

289-90. Draw an outline map of ISTew York state, 
and on it designate, giving name and location, (a) 
two lakes lying wholly in the state, (6) three rivers, 
(c) five important cities. 

291. Mention (a) three important mineral prod- 
ucts of New York state, giving locality where each is 
found, (b) two leading agricultural products that are 
largely exported. 

292. State approximately (a) the circumference of 
the earth (b) the diameter of the earth, (c) the dif- 
ference between the equatorial diameter and the polar 
diameter. 

293. Explain the change of seasons, using a dia- 
gram. 

294. Describe (a) two rivers of North America 
flowing into the Pacific; (b) two flowing into the 
Gulf of Mexico, (c) one flowing into Hudson bay. 

295. Give the shortest approximate time required 
to go from New York to (a) San Francisco, (b) Ha- 
vana, (c) Bermuda, (d) Buffalo, (e) Liverpool. 

296. Name /?i'e countries of South Ainerica and 
■describe one of them, touching on position, climate, 
surface, and productions. 



104 LATER REGENTS GEOGRAPHY QUESTIONS 

297. i^ame the coimtries comprising the island of 
Great Britain. Describe briefly one of these coun- 
tries. 

298. Describe (a) two important peninsulas and 

(b) three important rivers of Europe. 

299. liame (a) two empires, (&) tivo republics and 

(c) 07ie kingdom of Europe. Give the capital of 
each. 

300. Describe one country of Asia touching on lo- 
cation, principal mountains and rivers, chief prod- 
ucts. 

301. liame and locate five countries of Africa. 
Write a description of one of these countries. 

302. Give the location of five of the following and 
mention one important fact connected with each one 
located: (a) Waterloo, (h) Paris, (c) Edinburgh, 

(d) Athens, (e) Mle, (/) Alps, (g) Bosporus, (Ji) 
Gibraltar, (i) Transvaal. 

303. JSTame in order the bodies of water that would 
be traversed in going from 'New Orleans to Liverpool. 

XXII. September 22, 1896 

304. DraAv an outline map of the United States,. 
using an entire page. 

305. Designate on the map dravm in answer ta 
question 1, (a) two ranges of mountains, (b) two im- 
portant peninsulas, (c) two cities on the Atlantic 
and two on the Pacific coast, (d) three important 
lal?:es not on the boundary. 

306. Describe " standard time." When it is 12 
o'clock, noon, at Chicago by standard time, what is the^ 



LATKK liEGENTS GEOGRAniY tiUESTIONS 105 

standard time at (a) Denver, (6) San Francisco, (c) 
Boston ? 

307. Mention the two principal motions of the 
earth. State the len^h of time in which each is per- 
formed and give one result of each. 

308. A vessel starts from a point in 10 deg. longi- 
tude west from Greenwich and sails in a westerly 
direction till it has covered 200 deg. ; in what longi- 
tude is it then ? 

309. What season is it now in the Argentine Ee- 
public ? Show why this is so. 

310. Name in order the bodies of water you would 
traverse in going by water from Duluth to Constanti- 
nople. 

311. Name the principal political divisions of 
British North America and mention one city in each 
division. 

312. Give the name and location of one range of 
mountains in each of the following: (a) Russia,. 
(6) Scandinavian peninsula, (c) Scotland, (d) 
Africa, (e) Mexico. 

313. Give location and state some other fact con- 
cerning each of the following: (a) Jamaica, (h) 
Hebrides, (c) Transvaal, (d) Corea, (e) Calcutta. 

314. Name and locate five places in the United 
States, noteworthy on account of events in the war of 
the rebellion. 

315. Name and locate five places in the state of 
New York, noteworthy on account of events in the 
war of the revolution. 

316. Describe one common route of travel between 



106 LATER REGENTS GEOGRAPHY QUESTIONS 

ilSTew York and Buffalo, naming in order the cities on 
that route. 

317-18. Write a description of two of the follow- 
ing countries, touching on (1) position on the earth, 
(2) two important cities, (3) chief mountains and 
rivers, (4) vegetable and mineral productions, (5) 
commerce: (a) Australia, (&) England, (c) Peru, 
{d) Alaska, (e) Egypt. 

XXIII. January 26, 1897 

319. Make drav^ings to illustrate each of the fol- 
lowing: (a) isthmus, (6) strait, (c) peninsula, (d) 
cape, (e) bay. 

320. Draw an outline map of the county in which 
you live, and indicate the bounding counties by name. 

321. Describe two of the following: (a) Niagara 
Ealls, (&) Au Sable chasm, (c) the Palisades, (d) 
Brooklyn bridge, (e) Lake George. 

322. Describe the New York state system of 
•canals. 

323. State facts that entitle New York to be called 
ike Em^p'ire state. 

324. Name (a) two states that lead in the pro- 
duction of cotton, (6) two that lead in the produc- 
tion of sugar cane, (c) two that are corn growing 
states, (d) two that are wheat growing states, (e) 
two that lead in the production of iron. 

325. Give the location of each of the following 
places and state why each is noteworthy : (a) Bunker 
hill, (&) Lexington, (c) Yorktown, (d '■ Gettysburg, 
(e) Salt Lake City. 



l^ATKlt REGENTS GEOGKAl'IIY QUESTIONS 107 

l>20. Mention some of the most important articles 
of freight that would probably be carried by a steamer 
going {a) from New York to Rio Janeiro, (6) from 
Ivio Janeiro to JN^ew York. 

827. Name in order from north to south the coun- 
tries of South America bordering on the Pacific 
ocean. 

328. Give the location of each of the following: 
(a) Philippine islands, (b) Azores, (c) Hawaii, (d) 
Cuba, (e) Corsica. 

329. Describe the following rivers: (a) Tagua, 
(h) Loire, (c) Rhine, (d) Danube, (e) Elbe. 

330. Describe two mountain ranges in Europe. 

331. Name three important countries of Asia and 
give the capital of each. 

332. Mention three races of men and one country 
inhabited by each. 

333. Give the location of three of the following: 
(a) Pompeii, (b) Gibraltar, (c) St. Petersburg, (d) 
Thermopylae, (e) West Point. Mention an impor- 
tant fact concerning each of the three. 

XXIV. March 23, 1897 

334. Define (a) latitude, (b) longitude, (c) paral- 
lel, (d) meridian, (e) equator. 

335. Show by a drawing the meaning of each of 
the following terms : (a) island, (b) bay, (c) penin- 
sula, (d) cape, (e) strait. 

336. Arrange the following in order of latitude, 
beuinning with the most northerly: New Orleans, 
New York, St. Petersburg, Paris, Havana. 



108 LATEK REGENTS GEOGKAPIIY CiUESTlOA'.s 

337. Draw an outline map of New York state ex- 
clusive of Long Island and Staten Island and on tins 
map indicate approximately the part of the state that 
is drained into (a) the Mississippi, (6) the St. Law- 
rence, (c) the Hudson, (d) the Delaware and the 
Susquehanna. 

338. Describe the two principal mountain regions 
of JSTew York state. Mention distinctive features of 
each region, 

339. (a) Describe one common commercial route 
between Boston and Chicago. (&) Mention five im- 
portant cities through which this route passes. 

340. Mention (a) two states of the union in which 
oranges are extensively cultivated; (&) two leading 
cotton producing states; (c) tiuo states in which coal 
is mined; (d) two that produce cane sugar; (e) two 
leading silver producing states. 

341. Where and what is each of the following: 
(a) St. Helena, (6) Yucatan, (c) Nicaragua, (d) 
Popocatepetl, (e) Orinoco ? 

342. Through what bodies of water would a ves- 
sel pass in sailing from San Francisco to Liverpool, 
touching at Hong Kong and Bombay ? 

343. Locate each of the following and mention one 
important fact concerning each: (a) Westminster 
abbey, (6) Mont Blanc, (c) Dead sea, (d) Athens, 
(e) Palos. 

344. Mention a country in Europe that is in nearly 
the same latitude as New York state. Compare this 
country with New York state as to climate and pro- 
ductions. 



LATEli KKGENTS GEOGKAPIiY QUESTIONS lO'J 

345. (a) in what zones is Asia situated^ {b) 
Name Livo countries of Asia that are in diU'erent 
zones. 

346. Describe brie% five of the following: {a) 
Transvaal, {b) Madagascar, (c) Algeria, (d) Sahara, 
(e) Nile, (/') the Bermudas. 

347-8. Write a description of two of the follow- 
ing, touching on (1) position on the earth, (2) capi- 
tal and a principal city, (3) chief mountains and 
rivers, (4) vegetable and mineral productions, (5) 
commerce: (a) British India, (6) Brazil, (c) Ser- 
via, (d) Alaska. 

XXV. June 15, 1897 

349. Make an outline map of the county in which 
you live, and show on it the location of the county 
seat and of the principal railways. Show also the 
principal physical features such as important streams, 
lakes, mountains. 

350. Write brief descriptions of tivo of the fol- 
lowing: (a) Hudson valley, (h) Susquehanna val- 
ley, (c) Genesee valley, (d) Adirondack region, (e) 
Catskill region. 

351. Give the location of each of the following 
and state one important fact connected with each : 
(a) Schenectady, (h) Kingston, (c) Poughkeepsie, 
(d) Rochester, (e) Oswego. 

352. Mention in order of importance five seaports 
on the eastern coast of the United States, and give 
the state in which each is located. 

353-4. Make a drawing of the Mississippi river 



110 LATER REGENTS GEOGRAPHY QUESTIONS 

with jive of its principal branches. Show the states 
lying on each bank of this river. 

355. Mention the states of the Union bordering on 
the Pacitic ocean. Give the capital of each and state 
one important product of each. 

356-7. Make an outline map showing the southern 
portion of Florida and at least three principal islands 
of the West Indies. Draw on this map the tropic of 
Cancer. 

358. Describe the three principal river systems of 
South America. (Use drawing if preferred.) 

359. Compare the climate of southern Sweden 
with that of northern Labrador in nearly the same 
latitude. Account for the difference. 

360. Describe the change of seasons, using dia- 
gram. 

361. Describe three of the following: (a) Corea, 

(5) Sumatra, (c) Tokio, {d) Siam, (e) Ceylon. 

362. Write a description of Australia, touching 
on soil, climate, products, government, aborigines, 
peculiar animals. 

363. Describe ^/iree of the following : (a) Athens,. 

(6) Constantinople, (c) Crete, {d) Cape Town, (e) 
the Mle. 

XXYI. September 28, 1897 

364. Show by diagram the boundaries of the sev- 
eral zones. 

365. Directly over what line on the earth's surface 
is the sun at (a) the vernal equinox, (h) the summer 
solstice, (c) the autumnal equinox, (d) the winter 



LATER REGENTS GEOGRAPHY (HK«T]()i\S 111 

solstice^ At what date is the sim in each position 
mentioned i 

;56(). Mention and describe one example of eacli 
of the following: (a) cape, (6) peninsula, {c) bay, 
(d) island, {e) isthmus. 

367. Describe («) two ranges of mountains and 
{[)) three rivers in J^ew York state. 

368. Mention (a) tiuo places in !New York state 
where iron ore is found, (6) two places where lime- 
stone is extensively quarried, (c) two places wliere 
natural gas is found. 

369. Describe three of the following : (a) Garden 
of the Gods, (b) Red River canon, (c) Yellowstone 
park, (d) Pike's peak, (e) delta of the Mississippi. 

370. Describe the following rivers by stating 
where each rises, the direction in which it flows, and 
the place where it empties: (a) Platte, (b) Ohio, 
(c) Yukon, (d) Columbia, (c) Delaware. 

371. Mention one of the most important products 
of each of the following states: (a) Maine, (6) 
Louisiana, (c) Florida, (d) Illinois, (e) Pennsyl- 
vania. 

372. Mention in order the countries that would 
be passed in sailing along the east coast of South 
America from Panama to Cape Horn. 

373. Mention (a) three articles exported in large 
quantities from South America, (b) two from Cuba. 

374. Describe the Sandwich Islands, touching on 
location, climate, principal products, character of 
population. 

375. Mention five of the most important colonies 



112 LATER liEGENTS GEOGKAl'IlY QUESTIONS 

of tlie British empire and give one reason for tlie 
importance of each. 

376. What and where is each of the following: 
{a) Pekin, {h) Nile, (c) Hindustan, {d) Congo, 
(<?) Vesuvius? 

377-8. Write a description of one of the following 
countries, touching on (1) position on the earth, 
(2) capital and principal city, (3) chief mountains 
and rivers, (-l) vegetable and mineral productions, 
(5) character of people: (a) Sweden, {h) Alaska, 
(0 Turkey. 

XXTII. January 25, 189S 

379. Show by a drawing the meaning of each of 
the following : (a) lahe, (h) isthmus, {c) strait, {d) 
cape, (e) peninsula. 

380. (a) Describe by aid of a drawing the appear- 
ance of a vessel coming in from sea. (6) What con- 
clusion is reached as a result of this appearance? 

381. Make an outline map of ISTorth America, 
using an entire page. 

382. Indicate on the outline map of Xorth Amer- 
ica the boundary between (a) British America and 
the United States, (&) the United States and Mexico. 
Show the lakes or streams that form any part of these 
boundaries and give their names. 

383. Describe one common route of travel between 
jSTew York and Chicago, giving the names of 10 cities 
on this route. 

384. Give the name and location in Xew York 
state of a lake (a) whose Avaters reach the Missis- 



LATER REGENTS GEOGRAPHY QUESTIONS 113 

sippi, {b) whose waters reach the St. Lawrence, (c) 
whof^e waters reacli the Susquehanna. 

385. Give the name and location in New York 
state of (a) one county whose surface is mountain- 
ous, (b) one county whose surface is comparatively 
level, (c) one mountain peak. 

386. Fill the following blanks with names of coun- 
ties in New York state: Hop growing is a leading 
industry in county, wheat raising in 
county, dairying in county, grape culture in 

county, iron mining in county. 

387. Mention 10 states of the Union due west froin 
Baltimore. 

388. Fill the following blanks with the names of 
states of the Union: leads in the production 
of sugar, is one of the leading cotton produc- 
ing states, is a leading corn producing state, 

is a leading wheat producing state, cotton is 
exteusively manufactured in 

389. (a) Within what zones is South America in- 
eluded? (b) Mention one country of South Amer- 
ica wholly in each of these zones. 

390. Describe each of the following: (a) Pyre- 
nees Hiountains, (&) Danube river, (c) Black sea, 
(d) Sicily, (e) Bosporus. 

391. Mention (a) three peninsulas in the south- 
ern part of Asia, (b) two seas west of Asia. 

302. Where is each of the following: (a) Port 
Said, (b) Congo Free State, (c) Liberia, (d) Mo- 
rocco, (e) Madagascar ? 

303. (a) In what zones is Australia situated? (6) 



114 LATEK REGENTS GEOGRAPHY QUESTIONS 

What season is it now in South Australia 'i {c) Give 
a reason for your answer. 

XXVIII . March 25, 1898 

394. Show by an outline map the boundaries of 
iN'ew York state. [Use an entire page.] 

395. Designate on the map drawn in answer to 
question 394 {a) one range of mountains, (h) one 
river, (c) Cayuga, Saranae and Otsego lakes, ((i) 
Elmira, Geneva, Ithaca, Poughkeepsie. 

396. Give the width in degrees of each zone and 
the location and names of the bounding circles. 

397. Account for the location and growth of each 
of the following cities: (a) JSTew Orleans, (6) Du- 
luth, (c) St. Paul, {d) Louisville, (e) Seattle. 

398. Describe two routes by which the commerce 
of the great lakes reaches the Atlantic ocean, 

399. (a) How was standard time established? 
(6) What meridians are the standards for different 
parts of this country ? When it is 10 a. m. at Boston 
by standard time what is the standard time at (c) 
JSTew Orleans, {d) San Francisco, (e) Cheyenne ? 

400. Give the name and location of each of five 
South American republics, and mention one city in 
each republic. 

401. Mention hvo important exports of (a) Nor- 
way, (&) Russia, (c) Portugal, {d) Austria-Hun- 
gary, (e) Italy. ^ 

402. Mention in order the bodies of water a vessel 
would traverse in going from Liverpool to Constanti- 
nople. 



LATKil KKGEMTS GKOUKAl'll Y t^JLKSTlOiNS 11.")- 

40o. Mention fuur leading products of China. 
State how tlie climate of China cunipares with that 
of the United States. 

404. [a) Give the location of the Malay archipel- 
ago and (6) describe one of its important islands. 

405. Give the location of the following: (a) Nile 
river, (b) Port Said, (c) Liberia, (d) St. Helena, 
(e) Lake Chad. State one other fact of interest in 
connection with each. 

406. Describe the Hawaiian islands, touching on 
location, surface, principal products, form of govern- 
ment, character of population. 

407. State tiv^o general directions of the drainage 
of Europe and describe two rivers that flow in each 
direction. 

408. Write about 50 words on the climate, com- 
merce and government of Australia. 

XXIX. June U, 1898 

409. Show by a drawing or otherwise the meaning 
of each of the following terms: (a) bay, (b) prom- 
ontory, (c) confluence of rivers, (d) peninsula, (e) 
islatid. 

410. (a) Mention the five zones into which the 
earth's surface is divided and the circles that bound 
each zone, (b) Give in degrees the width of each 
zone. 

411. What season is it now in Australia? Ex- 
plain. 

412. Describe ]^ew York state, touching on (a) 
its position on the earth, (b) its extent, (c) its prin- 



lltj LATEK REGENTS GEOGEAPHY QUESTIONS 

cipal mountains, {d) its level portions, (e) its prin- 
cipal river basins. 

413. Trace the course of the waters from two of 
the following to the ocean: (a) Chautauqua lake, 
(6) Seneca lake, (c) Otsego lake. 

414. Mention a point of interest connected with 
eacJi of the following: (a) Ithaca, (6) Oswego, (c) 
Saratoga, (d) Grloversville, (e) Albany, (/) Pough- 
keepeie, (g) Buffalo, (h) Ticonderoga, (i) White 
Plains, (k) West Point. 

415. Show by an outline sketch the location with 
reference to the United States of (a) the Bermuda 
islands, (&) the Bahama islands, (c) Key West, (d) 
Cuba, (e) Hayti. Give the name in each case. 

416. Mention (a) three states that lie in the corn 
belt of the United States, (6) tivo states that lie in 
the wheat belt, (c) three states that export large quan- 
tities of timber, (d) tivo important fruit producing 
states. 

417. Mention and describe one railway route be- 
tween the Atlantic and the Pacific. 

418. Give the source and the general direction of 
each of the following rivers: (a) Yukon, (&) Con- 
necticut, (c) Tennessee, {d) Platte, (e) Columbia. 

419. (a) Describe the common route across the 
isthmus of Panama. (&) To whom does this isthmus 
beloBg ? 

420. Give the location of each of the following 
and one important fact concerning each: (a) Lon- 
don, (h) Edinburgh, (c) Manchester, {d) Dublin, 
(e) Liverpool. 



LATER REGENTS GEOGRAPHY QUESTIONS 117 

421. Where and what is each of the following: 
(a) Sardinia, (b) Vesuvius, (c) Lapland, (d) Cau- 
casus, (e) Moscow? 

422-3. Write a description of two of the following 
countries, touching on (1) position on the earth, (2) 
Jivo important cities, (3) chief mountains and rivers, 
(4) vegetable and mineral productions, (5) com- 
merce: (a) China, (h) Congo Free State, (c) Spain. 

XXX. September 21, 1898 

424. Draw an outline map of New York state and 
tra.ee thereon tu'o main railway routes between New 
York and Buffalo. 

425. On the map drawn in answer to question 
424, show the location and names of five cities sitnat- 
ed on e-aclt of the routes designated. 

426. Mention five leading articles manufactured 
in New York state, giving the name of one city of 
the state notable for the manufacture of each article. 

427. Mention the parallels of latitude and the 
meridians of longitude by which the United States is 
bounded. 

428. State a point of interest concerning each of 
the following: (a) Chicago, (b) Duluth, (c) New 
Orleans, (d) Minneapolis, (e) Saratoga. 

429. Mention in order, from east to west, the states 
bordering on the Gulf of Mexico. Mention the lead- 
ing production of each of these states. 

430. Describe tivo of the following: (a) Yellow- 
stone national park, (b) Boston, (c) Cuba, (d) Con- 
necticut river. 



118 LATER REGENTS GEOGRAPHY QUESTIOJN^S 

431. Account for tlie greatness of Pittsburg as a 
manufacturing center. 

432. State in order the waters through which a 
steamer would pass in going from Duhith to Mon- 
treal. 

433. Compare the Yukon river with the Missis- 
sippi river with reference to (a) length, (6) nayiga- 
bility, (c) volume of water carried to the sea. 

434. Describe the Klondike region with reference 
to (ft) climate, (b) mining. 

435. Mention five leading agricultural productions, 
of South America. What fact do these productions, 
indicate with reference to climate ? 

436. Give the location of each of the following and 
state some other fact concerning each : (a) Glasgow, 
(b) Strait of Gibraltar, (c) Venice, (d) Philippine 
islands, (e) Birmingham. 

437. Write a description of one of the following,, 
touching on (1) position on the earth, (2) climate^ 
(3) principal city, (4) government, (5) leading ex- 
ports: (a) France, (b) Eussia, (c) Mexico. 

438. Compare Spain and Florida as to (a) size, 
(b) latitude, (c) surface, (d) climate, (e) inhabit- 
ants. 

XXXI. January SJ^, 1899 

439. What is {a) latitude, (b) longitude ? What 
use is made of (c) latitude and (d) longitude ? 

440. Do all places in the same latitude have 
the same climate ? Give reasons. Mention illustra- 
tions in the United States. 



LATEll KEUEA'TS OKOCiKAl'llY (.iUKSTlOAS 119 

441. Mention one European city noted for tlie 
manufacture and exportation of each of the follow- 
iug: {a) glassware, (b) fine porcelain, (cj cutlery, 
{ci) silk, {e) cotton cloth, (/) lace, {g) watches, {h) 
linoi goods, (i) iron steamships, {k) hardware. 

442. Mention and describe a common railway 
route between Buffalo and Washington, and give the 
names and location of three cities on this route. 

443. Arrange the following names of lakes in the 
order of elevation of surface: (a) Onondaga, (b) 
Oayuga, (c) Seneca, (d) Keuka, (e) Champlain. 
On Avhat facts is your judgment based ? 

444. Write a short description of one of the fol- 
lowing: (a) Howe's cave, (&) salt in New York 
state, (c) Au Sable chasm, (d) Hudson river, (e) 
Niagara falls. 

44.5. Mention an important fact connected with 
each of the following places and give the location of 
eavh place: (a) Valley Forge, (b) Gibraltar, (c) 
Mecca, (d) Colorado Springs, (e) Quebec. 

446. Make an outline map showing the four prin- 
cipal West India islands and the peninsula of Florida. 
Oive the name in each case. 

447. Give the form of government of each of five 
•of the following: (a) Brazil, (b) Italy, (c) Japan, 
(d) Denmark, (e) Eussia, (f) Persia, (g) Switzer- 
land. 

448. Mention two important articles that would 
he found in the cargo of a vessel sailing (a) from 
New York to Rio Janeiro, (b) from Rio Janeiro to 
New York. 



120 l^ATKli KJiGliA'TS GKOGKAPIIY (iUESTIOA'.S 

449. Write a description of the Philippine islands^ 
touching briefly on (a) location, {b) climate, (c) 
productions, ((/) principal city, {e) character of 
people. 

450. Mention (a) fo'ii7- colonies belonging to Great 
Britain ; hvo colonies belonging to each of the follow- 
ing: (6) France, (c) IsTetherlands, (d) Denmark. 

451. Give the location of each of the following: 
(a) Hindustan, (b) Armenia, (c) Congo river, {d) 
Madagascar, (e) Finland. 

452. Mention in order the waters that would be 
traversed by a vessel in sailing from the Black sea to 
Canton, China. 

453. Mention three races of men and give the 
name of one nation, illustrating each race. 

XXXII. March 28, 1899 

454. Show by drawing or otherwise the meaning 
of each of the following: (a) coast, (6) cape, (c) 
archipelago, (d) delta, (e) river system. 

455. Mention (a) three proofs of the rotunditj^ of 
the earth, (b) two causes of the change of seasons. 

456. Write a description of some county in this 
state, giving the name of the county, and touching 
on (a) position in the state, (b) extent, (c) physical 
features, (d) chief industries, (e) name and location 
of county seat. 

457. Account for the location and growth of edch 
of the following cities: (a) St. Louis, (b) Tacoma,. 
(c) Buffalo, (d) Savannah, (e) Chicago, 

458. Mention in order the Bodies of water a vessel 



LATER REGENTS GEOGRAPHY QUESTlU2s".S 1 li 1 

would traverse in going from Manila to Isevf Yi.»rk 
by the shortest route. 

459. Describe two important rivers of biiutli 
America. 

460. Give five instances in which a body of water 
or a mountain chain forms a part of the boundary 
between two European countries. 

461. Mention (a) three articles likely to be ex- 
ported from London (England) to Sydney (Aus- 
tralia) ; (b) two articles likely to be exported from 
Sydney (Australia) to London (England). 

462. Mention and describe a common railway 
route between New York city and Montreal. Give- 
the names and location of three cities or places of 
historic interest on this route. 

463. Give the location in New York state of fve 
of the following: (a) an arsenal, (b) a navy yard, 

(c) a college for women, (d) extensive salt works, 
(e) a state prison, (f) a state normal school, (g) a 
state reformatory. 

464. Give two leading exports of five of the fol- 
lowing: (a) Japan, (b) British India, (c) Persia,. 

(d) Siberia, (e) Sumatra, (f) Java, (g) Ceylon. 

465. State a point of interest connected with each 
of the following European cities: (a) Odessa, (h) 
Florence, (c) Havre, (d) Madrid, (e) Constanti- 
nople, (f) Antwerp, (g) Hamburg, (h) Cracow, (i) 
Christiania, (A-) Belfast. 

466. Describe turn of the following: (a) Zambesi 
river, (b) Atlas mountains, (c) Albert Nyanza, (d). 
Johannesburg. 



122 LATEK, KEGENTS GEOGKAPHY QUESTIONS 

467. Connect each of the following with the name 
of a state of the Union producing it in large quanti- 
ties: (a) gold, (6) silver, (c) copper, (c^) lead, (e) 
•coal, (/) lumber, {g) sugar, {h) pork, (i) cotton, 

{h) tobacco. 

468. Give the location of eacli of the following 
groups of islands: (a) Canary, (6) Channel, (c) 
Aleutian, {d) Falkland, (e) Balearic. State one 
other fact concerning each group. 

. KXXni. June 13, 1899 

469-70. Show by a diagram the relative position 
of the sun and earth (a) March 21, (&) June 21, 
(c) Sept. 21, (d) Dec. 21. 

471. Give illustrations to show that places in the 
same latitude do not always have the same climate. 
Explain. 

472-3. Draw an outline map of New York state, 
using a half page, and on it trace the course of the 
(a) Hudson river, (6) the Mohawk river, (c) the 
'Genesee river, (d) the Seneca river; show the loca- 
tion of (e) Elmira, (/) Poughkeepsie, (g) Saratoga, 
(h) Bingliamton, (i) Whitehall, (Jc) Chautauqua 
lake. Give the name in each case. 

474. Give the location of five of the following and 
state one important fact connected with each one se- 
lected: (a) Chesapeake bay, (b) Cape Cod, (c) 
^tount Washington, (d) Duluth, (e) Denver, (f) 
Pike's peak, (g) Yellowstone national park, (h) 
Great Salt lake, (i) Dawson city. 

47.5. Mention (a) three products of British Amer- 



LATER REGENTS GEOGRAPHY QUESTIONS 123 

ica that are exported in large quantities to the United 
States; (b) three products of the United States that 
are exported in large quantities to British America. 

476. Describe three important rivers of South 
America, stating where each rises, the direction in 
which it flows, the territory which it traverses, the 
body of water into which it flows. 

47Y. Connect each of the following with the name 
of a South American country producing and export- 
ing it in large quantities: (a) pepper, (&) guano, 
(c) tallow, (d) copper, (e) cocoa, (f) niter, (g) 
eoffee, (h) ornamental woods, (i) dyewoods, (h) 
silver. 

4T8. A coasting-vessel sails from St. Petersburg 
to Gibraltar, keeping the mainland on the left. Men- 
tion in order the waters it will traverse and the coun- 
tries it will pass. 

479. Give the location of each of the following 
and mention one important fact connected with each : 
(a) Corsica, (b) Mont Blanc, (c) Vesuvius, (d) 
Athens, (e) Caspian sea. 

480. Mention three European powers that have 
extensive possessions in Africa. Give the location 
of the principal possessions of each of these powers. 

481. Describe two of the following: (a) Ganges 
river, (6) Indus river, (c) Calcutta, (d) Armenia, 
(e) Ceylon, (/) Siam. 

482-3. Write a description of the Philippine 
islands, touching on the following topics : number of 
islands, area, population, character and occupations 
of the people, products exported. 



124 LATEK REGENTS GEOGRAPHY QUESTIONS 

XXXIV. September 26, 1899 

484. Define (a) axis of the earth, (b) poles, (c) 
revolution of the earth, (d) rotation of the earth, (e) 
equator. 

485. What is the greatest latitude a place can 
have ? Explain by a diagram. 

486. Describe each of the following: (a) isthmus 
of Panama, (&) strait of Magellan, (c) gailf of Cali- 
fornia, (d) peninsula of Yucatan, (e) Vancouver 
island. 

487. Mention and describe five rivers of New 
York state. 

488. Mention (a) two lakes wholly in ISTew York 
state whose waters reach the St. Lawrence; (&) one 
whose waters reach the Susquehanna; (c) one whose 
waters reach the Hudson; (d) one whose waters 
reach the Mississippi. 

489. Describe (a) the Catskill mountains, (&) 
the Adirondack mountains, (c) Mention the highest 
peak of the Adirondacks, and (d) give its altitude. 

490. Mention five important rivers of the United 
States that in part form state boundaries, and give 
in each case .the names of the states so bounded. 

491. Mention three localities in the United States 
where extensive forests still exist, and state the kind 
of trees abundant in each locality. 

492. Describe the climate of South America, 
touching on variations of temperature in different 
parts, change of seasons, rainfall and prevailing 
winds. 



LATER EEGENTS GEOGRAniY QUESTIONS 125 

493. Give the location of each of the following; 
(a) Belfast, (&) Dublin, (c) Birmingham, {d) Edin- 
burgh, (e) St. George's channel, (/') Thames, {g) 
Land's End, (Ji) Shetland islands, (i) Firth of 
Forth, {h) Ben-Nevis. 

494. Give in order the names of the waters that 
would be traversed in going from St. Petersburg to 
Paris. 

495. Mention the countries of Europe bordering on 
the Black sea, and give the capital of each. 

496. (a) Mention three of the Philippine isl- 
ands. (6) Describe the climate of the Philippines. 

497-8. Write on one of the following topics: (a) 
Yellowstone l^ational park, (&) wheat raising in the 
United States, (c) Iceland. 

XXXV. January 23, 1900 

499. (a) What season is it now in Uruguay? (&) 
Explain, using diagram. 

500. Define (a) promontory, (h) isthmus, (c) pen- 
insula, (d) delta, (e) divide. Give an example of 
each, stating its name. 

501. Mention two methods of describing the loca- 
tion of a place. Illustrate by giving, according to 
each method, the location of each of the following 
places: (a) Boston, (&) Albany, (c) Chicago, (d) 
l^ew York. 

502. Draw an outline map of I^ew York state, 
using half a page. 

503. On the outline map of l^ew York state indi- 
cate the location of (a) West Point, (&) Plattsburg, 



126 LATER REGENTS GEOGRAPHY QUESTIONS 

(c) Itliaca, (d) Catskill mountains, (e) Onondaga 
lake. Give the name in each case. 

504. Describe two of the following: (a) Bering 
strait, (6) Columbia river, (c) strait of Mackinac, 

(d) Puerto Eico, (e) Delagoa bay. 

505. Mention five states of South America, giving 
the capital and one leading product of each. 

506. Mention (a) two bodies of water and (&) 
three political divisions of land in the eastern hemi- 
sphere that are in each case crossed by the tropic of 
Cancer. 

507. Describe two of the following: (a) Shannon 
river, (&) Giant's causeway, (c) Cheviot hills, (d) 
The Wash, (e) strait of Dover. 

508. Mention in order the countries of Europe 
bordering on the Mediterranean sea, and give the 
capital of each. 

509. Give the name and location of each of five 
rivers that are on the boundary line of the United 
States. 

510. Connect each of the following with the name 
of a state of the Union producing it in large quanti- 
ties: (a) wheat, (6) corn, (c) rice, (d) beef, (e) 
salt, (f) marble, (g) iron, (h) zinc, (t) petroleum, 
(h) turpentine. 

511. Give the location of five of the following and 
mention a point of interest connected with each one 
selected: (a) Cincinnati, (b) Norfolk, (c) Auburn, 
(d) Pittsburg, (e) l^ew Haven, (f) ISTew Orleans, 
(g) Salt Lake City, (h) San Prancisco. 

512. Describe three important rivers of Germany, 



LATER REGENTS GEOGRAPHY QUESTIONS 127 

and give the name of one important city situated on 
each, 

513. Mention in order the waters that would be 
traversed in going on a journey from London to 
Bombay. 

XXXVI. March 30, 1900 

514. Describe two motions of the earth, mention- 
ing (a) length of time taken by each, (6) one result 
of each. 

515. Give the (a) polar and the (6) equatorial 
diameters of the earth, (c) its circumference, (d) 
the proportion of land and water on its surface. 

516. Fill the following blanks with names of coun- 
ties in New York state : Iron ore is mined in 

and counties ; dairying is a leading occupation 

in and counties; large quantities of 

grapes are raised in and counties ; nat- 

ural gas is found in and counties ; salt is 

found in and counties. 

517. Describe three of the following: (a) Gene- 
see river, (6) Mohawk river, (c) Lake George, (d) 
Gneida lake, (e) the Palisades. 

518. Mention in order the waters that would be 
traversed by a canal boat in going from Lake Ontario 
to New York city. Mention four cities along this 
route. 

519. Draw a map of the Mississippi river with 
three of its principal branches, designating each by 
name. 

520. (a) Define standard time, (b) State the dif- 



128 LATER EEGENTS GEOGRAPHY QUESTIONS 

ference between the standard time of Kew York 
city and that of San Francisco. 

521. Mention and describe an ordinary railway 
route between ISTew York city and Chicago. Give 
the names and the location of three cities or places of 
historic interest on this route. 

522. Give the location of each of the following 
and describe two of them: («) Mammoth cave, (6) 
Yosemite valley, (c) Martha's Vineyard, (d) Flor- 
ida keys, (e) Golden Gate, (/) Thousand islands. 

523. Mention (a) two important products of Bra- 
zil, (&) two important products of Chile, (c) one 
important product of Uruguay. 

524. Mention (a) two republics, (&) two limited 
monarchies and (c) one absolute monarchy in Eu- 
rope. Give the name and location of the capital of 
each. 

525. State a point of interest connected with each 
of the following European cities: (a) Cork, (&) 
Glasgow, (c) Amsterdam, (d) Lyons, (e) ISTaples, 
(/) Bremen, (g) Budapest, (h) Geneva, (i) Mos- 
cow, (h) Stockholm. 

526. Mention three European nations having pos- 
sessions in Africa and give the name and location 
of one African possession of each. 

527. What and where is each of the following: 
(a) Yangtse-Kiang, (h) Irkutsk, (c) Mecca,, (d) 
Ceylon, (e) Yokohama? 

528. Write about 50 words on one of the follow- 
ing topics: (a) Mle river, (&) islands of Oceania, 
(c) animals of the torrid zone. 



LATER REGENTS GEOGKAPHY QUESTIONS 129 

XXXVII. June 12, 1900 

529. Explain bj use of a diagram the change of 
seasons. 

530. (a) Make a diagram showing the division of 
the earth's surface into zones, (b) Indicate the 
width in degrees of each zone and (c) give the names 
of tlie circles bounding the zones. 

531. Compare the climate of Florida with that 
of Montana and state three reasons for the differ- 
ence. 

532. Trace the course of the waters of each of the 
following to the sea: (a) Chautauqua lake, (&) Ot- 
sego lake, (c) Lake George. 

533. Give the location of each of the following 
cities and state one noteworthy fact regarding each : 

(a) Poughkeepsie, (b) Gloversville, (c) Oswego, 
(d) Elmira, (e) Jamestown. 

534. Describe a railway route between I^ew York 
and Buffalo. Mention in order five cities and three 
rivers on this route. 

535. Give the name and the location of the state 
sometimes popularly called (a) Green mountain state, 

(b) Keystone state, (c) Lone star state. State the 
reason for the popular name in each case. 

536. Mention in order the states that would be 
seen in sailing along the coast from the bay of Fundy 
to the mouth of the Mississippi river. 

537. Describe three of the following: (a) Sierra 
Nevada mountains, (b) Blue Ridge mountains, (c) 
Great Salt lake, (d) Columbia river, (e) Georgian 
^^y? (f) Cape Cod. 



130 LATER REGENTS GEOGRAPHY QUESTIONS 

538. What and where is each of the followina;: 
(a) Yukon, (b) Yucatan, (c) Baltic, (d) Khone^ 
(e) Korea ? 

539. Describe thi^ee of the following: (a) Mer- 
sey river, (b) Firth of Forth, (c) Jersey island, (d) 
Shannon river, (e) Land's End, (/) Grampian hills. 

540. Mention three important articles that would 
probably be found in the cargo of a ship sailing from 
(a) New York to Montevideo, (b) Montevideo to 
New York. 

541. Describe three of the following: (a) Kongo 
river, (6) Lake Victoria Nyanza, (c) Sumatra, (d) 
Tugela river, (e) Himalayas, (/) Azores. 

542. Mention, with location, (a) two important 
rivers of China, (6) one important city of India^ 
(c) one seaport of Germany, (d) one important range 
of mountai|is in Russia. 

543. Write about 50 words on one of the follow- 
ing topics: (a) animals of the frigid zone, (6) 
Alleghany mountains, (c) irrigation, (d) climate and 
productions of Puerto Rico. 

XXXVIII. January 2h 1901 

544. Dfaw an outline map of New York state, 
using one half a page. 

545. On the map of New York state show (a) 
the Hudson river and the section drained by it, (&) 
the Oswego river and the section drained by it, 
(c) the location of Syracuse, Watertown, Troy, 
Jamestown. 

546. Describe one of the following: {a) Adiron- 



LATER REGENTS GEOGRAPHY QUESTIONS 131 

dack park, (b) Erie canal, (c) manufacture of salt 
in New York state. 

547. Mention two states that bound (a) Florida 
on tbe north, (b) Kentucky on the east, (c) Minne- 
sota on the west, (d) Nebraska on the south, (e) 
Idaho on the west. 

548. Mention two leading industries of (a) Mas- 
sachusetts, (&) Pennsylvania, (c) Louisiana, (d) 
Oregon, (e) Colorado. 

549. Describe the climate of southern California as 
to (a) temperature, (6) prevailing winds, (c) rains. 
By what means has agriculture been made successful 
in this section ? 

550. State the locality in which each of the fol- 
lowing is found wild, and mention one interesting 
fact regarding each: (a) beaver, (&) seal, (c) wal- 
rus, (d) grizzly bear, (e) moose. 

551. (a) Mention five provinces included in the 
Dominion of Canada. (6) Compare the government , 
of Canada with that of the United States. 

552. (a) Why has Mexico so great a variety of 
vegetable products? Mention (6) two things a trav- 
eler would be likely to notice about the Mexican 
people. 

553. Describe two of the following: (a) selvas, 
(h) pampas, (c) native Patagonians, (d) Fuegians. 

554. Compare the Pacific slope of South America 
with the Atlantic slope of South America as to (a) 
extent, (&) climate. 

555. (a) Mention in order the waters that would 
be traversed by a steamer in going from Liverpool to 



132 LATEE KEGENTS GEOGRAPHY QUESTIONS 

Hong-Kong, (b) Mention two articles that would 
probably form part of her cargo. 

556. Describe (a) the dikes of Holland, (&) the 
•canals of Holland. State the main purpose of each. 

557. Give the location of each of the following 
and mention one important fact concerning each: (a) 
Luzon, (6) Guam, (c) Kimberlej, (d) Cape Town, 
(e) Peking. 

558. Write an account of one of the following, 
1;ouching on (1) location, (2) climate, (3) chief ag- 
ricultural products, (4) kind of government, (5) 
character of people: (a) Hawaii, (&) Santo Domin- 
.go, (c) New Zealand. 

XXXIX. March 28, 1901 

559. (a) Explain why the difference in the length 
of day and night is greater in Labrador than in Flor- 
ida. (6) Use diagram to illustrate. 

560. (a) Give in degrees the width of the north 
temperate zone; (&) explain how this width di3pends 
on the inclination of the earth's axis. 

561. When it is nine o'clock standard time at Al- 
bany, what is the standard time at (a) Chicago, (6) 
San Francisco ? Explain. 

562. Give the location of ea.cli of the following 
and mention one interesting fact concerning each: 
(a) Saranac lake, (5) West Point, (c) Brooklyn 
bridge, {d) Catskill mountains, (e) Mount Marcy. 

563. (a) Describe a trip from the place where you 
live to the more distant of the two places, ]^ew York 
■or Buffalo. (&) On what railway would you travel ? 



LATER REGENTS GEOGRAPHY QUESTIONS 133 

(c) About what length of time would the journey re- 
■quire ? (d) Mention three cities on the route. 

564. Give in order the names of the states border- 
ing on the Great Lakes and mention by name the lake 
or lakes touched by each state. 

565. (a) What are the levees of the Mississippi? 
(6) State the purpose of the levees and (c) explain 
why they are necessary. 

566. Describe one of the following: (a) the pro- 
•duction of raisins in California, (b) the salmon in- 
•dustry on the Columbia, (c) gold mining in Alaska. 

567. (a) In what country is the llama found? 
Mention (b) two characteristics of this animal and 
{c) two uses that are made of it. 

568. Starting from the isthmus of Panama, men- 
tion in order the countries of South America that 
would be passed in sailing around its entire coast line. 

569. (a) Describe the route of the proposed Nica- 
ragua canal. (5) Show why such a canal would be 
of great importance to the United States. 

570. Mention an important article of export from 
(a) Russia, (6) JSTorway, (c) Greece, (d) Italy, (e) 
Switzerland. 

571. Give the name and location of (a) two 
islands belonging to Denmark, (b) two islands be- 
longing to Great Britain, (c) one island belonging to 
Holland. 

572. Describe one of the following: (a) the reli- 
gion of Turkey, (b) the dress of Persian women, (c) 
the castes of India. 

573. Mention (a) two things that you would no- 



134 LATER EEOENTS GEOGRAPHY QUESTIONS 

tice if you were to visit a Japanese house, that you. 
would not see in an American house. State (b) two 
differences between the Japanese and the Chinese. 

XL. June 20, 1901 

574. Give the location of (a) the tropic of Can- 
cer, (&) the Arctic circle. Show, by aid of a dia- 
gram, why each is located where it is. 

575. Mention the two motions of the earth and 
give the principal result of each. 

576. Mention (a) three counties of ISTew York 
state that are comparatively level, (&) three that are 
mountainous, (c) three in which natural gas is found^ 
(c?) one whose waters flow into the Mississippi. 

577. {a) Give the name and the location of one 
Indian reservation in ISTew York state. (6) Mention 
three characteristics of the American Indian. 

578. Give approximately (a) the distance from 
N"ew York to Plattsburg, (&) the distance from Al- 
bany to Buffalo, (c) the area of ISTew York state, {d) 
the population of E'ew York state, (e) the populatioD 
of New York city. 

579. Give the name and the location of a city 
noted for the manufacture of (a) flour, (&) shoes, 
(c) gloves, (<^) collars and cuffs, (e) iron and steel. 

580. Mention in order the states bordering on 
British America. 

581. Describe one of the following: {a) rice- 
growing in Louisiana, (&) cotton-growing in Missis- 
sippi, (c) coal-mining in Pennsylvania. 

582. Give the location of each of the following 



LATEK REGENTS GEOGRAPHY QUESTIONS 135 

and state 07ie important fact regarding each : (a) 
Denver, (b) Santiago, (c) Santa Fe, (d) Quebec, 
{e) Lake Nicaragua. 

583. Give, with names, the location in South 
America of the following: (a) three mountain peaks, 
(6) one lake, (c) three important rivers. 

584. Mention in order the countries of Europe 
Ordering on the Mediterranean sea, giving the form 
of government and the capital of each. 

585. Give the name and location of each of five 
■of the following: (a) a city in Great Britain noted 
for its ship-building, (6) a city in Germany noted 
for its manufacture of cannon, (c) a city in Italy 
noted for its canals, (d) a city in Russia noted as a 
grain market, (e) a city on the Rhine noted for its 
-cathedral, (/) a city in Greece noted for its ruins 
of ancient architecture, (g) a city in Switzerland 
noted for its manufacture of watches. 

586. (a) Mention a country in which the reindeer 
is found in large numbers. Give (6) two character- 
istics of the reindeer and (c) two uses that are made 
•of it. 

587-8. Describe one of the following, touching on 
(1) race, (2) houses, (3) dress, (4) occupations, (5) 
peculiar customs: native (a) Hawaiians, (b) Jap- 
:anese, (c) Filipinos. 

XLI. January 30, 1902 

589. Draw in outline the Atlantic coast of the 
United States. 

590. On the map drawn in answer to question 
•■589 show the location of (a) Cape Cod, (&) Long 



136 LATEK REGENTS GEOGEAPHY QUESTIONS 

Island sound, (c) Delaware bay, (d) Cape Hatteras^ 
(e) Rhode Island, (/) Georgia, (g) Delaware, {h} 
Connecticut, (i) South Carolina, (k) Virginia, 

591. Mention (a) one county of New York well- 
known for its production of fruit, (6) one in which, 
wheat-growing is an important industry, (c) one in 
which lumbering is carried on extensively, (d) one 
in which iron is mined, (e) one in which dairying 
is an important industry. 

592. Mention five of the native wild animais of 
'New York state and describe one of them, touching 
on (a) its home, (h) its food, (c) its habits of life,. 
(d) its benefits or injuries to man. 

593. Mention the largest five cities in ISTew York 
state and give one important fact concerning each. 
city mentioned. 

594. Mention in order the states that would be 
seen on the west bank of the Mississippi in going 
from St. Paul to the Gulf of Mexico. 

595. Mention five countries of South America and 
give with regard to each (a) location, (&) name and 
location of capital, (c) form of government. 

596. Describe three of the following: (a) Colum- 
bia river, (&) Puget sound, (c) Pike's peak, (d} 
Sierra ISTevada mountains. 

59T. Mention five important rivers of British 
America and describe one of them. 

598. Describe five of the following: (a) Danube 
river, (h) Strait of Gibraltar, (c) Dardanelles, (d) 
Corsica, (e) Pyrenees mountains, (/) Gulf of Fin- 
land, (g) Volga river, (h) Sicily. 



LATER REGENTS GEOGR^iPllY QUESTIONS 13T 

599. Describe the production of each of iliree of 
the following: (a) honey, (6) cocoanuts, (c) cork, 
(d) olive oil, (e) elates. 

600. Describe three of the following: (a) ISTile 
river, (6) African diamond fields, (c) Kongo river,. 
(d) Madagascar, (e) the Transvaal. 

601. Give the name and location of (a) one im- 
portant river in Siberia, (&) two important cities in 
China, (c) one seaport of India, (d) one important 
island in the Indian ocean. 

602. Describe a route from New York to Manila 
and state approximately the time required to make 
the trip. 

603. Explain why the days are shorter in winter 
than in summer. [Use diagram.] 

XLII. March 25, 1902 
604:. Make a diagram of a hemisphere and on it 
show five important circles. Indicate the name and 
the location of each circle shown. 

605. State the effect of the rotation of the earth 
on the direction of the trade winds. Illustrate. 

606. Compare the climate of Oswego county, New 
York, with that of Hamilton county in nearly the 
same latitude. Give two reasons for the difference. 

607. Mention a noteworthy event connected with 
each oi five of the following: (a) Saratoga, (b) Tar- 
rytown, (c) Schenectady, (<^) Batavia, (e) Oris- 
kany, (/) Newburg, (g) White Plains. 

608. Describe one of the following: (a) a trip 
from Oswego to Albany, (h) a trip from Bingham- 
ton to Buffalo. Mention the principal cities and 



138 LATEK REGENTS GEOGEAPHY QUESTIONS 

towns and the important natural features that would 
be seen on the trip. 

609. Describe the Eskimos, touching on (a) 
houses, (&) dress, (c) food, (d) occupations. 

610. Describe the climate of Central America aa 
to temperature and rainfall. Give reasons for this 

■condition. 

611. Give the location of each of five of the fol- 
lowing and one noteworthy fact concerning each one 
selected: (a) Annapolis, (6) Key West, (c) Get- 
tysburg, (d) Seattle, (e) Galveston, (/) Pittsburg, 
■(g) Salem. 

612. Write brief descriptions of two of the follow- 
ing, mentioning place where produced and any inter- 
esting facts concerning growth and culture; (a) pine^ 
apples, (6) bananas, (c) peanuts, (d) rice. 

613. Mention a boundary river between (a) Mary- 
land and Virginia, (&) South Carolina and Georgia, 
(c) I^ebraska and Iowa, (d) Washington and Ore- 

igon, (e) California and Arizona. 

614. Mention (a) three countries of South Amer^ 
ica bordering on the Pacific ocean, (&) two border- 
ing on the Atlantic ocean. Give the capital of each. 

615. Mention an important seaport of (a) Ireland, 
'(b) Spain, (c) India, (d) Australia, (e) South 
-Africa. ( 

616. Give the location of each of five of the fol- 
lowing and one important fact concerning each one 
-selected: (a) Interlaken, (h) Athens, (c) Kongo, 
'(d) Madagascar, (e) Celebes, (/) JSTew South Wales, 
'.(g) Honolulu. 



LATER REGENTS GEOGBAPHY QUESTIONS 139 

617. Mention three of the native wild animals of 
Africa and describe one of them, touching on (a) 
place of abode, (6) food, (c) habits, {d) use or dan- 
ger to man. 

618. Mention (a) two important exports and (&) 
one important import of China, (c) State the kind 
of government in China. 

XLIII. June 19, 1902 

619. Define each of the following and give an ex- 
ample of each : (a) promontory, (h) isthmus, (c) riv- 
er system, {d) strait. 

620. State approximately (a) the circumference 
of the earth, (&) the diameter of the earth, (c) the 
difference between the polar and the equatorial diam- 
eter. 

621. Mention a case where climate is affected by 
(a) an ocean current, (&) a neighboring range of 
mountains. Explain in each case. 

622. Mention an important fact connected with 
each of the following places in New York state : (a) 
Kingston, (6) Geneva, (c) Utica, {d) Potsdam, (e) 
Cohoes. 

623. Give the name and the location in New York 
state of (a) tivo lowland regions, (6) two highland 
regions and (c) one mountain peak. 

624. Give the location in New York state of (a) 
a granite quarry, (&) a limestone quarry, (c) an 
iron mine, (c?) a sugar factory, (e) a salt factory. 

625. Mention five rivers on the boundary between 
the United States and British America and state the 
direction in which each flows. 



140 LATER REGENTS GEOGRAPHY QUESTIONS 

626. Give the location of each of the following and 
mention one important fact concerning each: (a) 
Mount Washington, (&) the Golden Gate, (c) Baton 
Rouge, {d) Santa Fe, (e) Vicksburg. 
. 627. Describe a railway route between Chicago 
and the Pacific. coast. Mention all the states crossed 
by this route. 

628. Mention hvo important lakes and three im- 
portant rivers in British America and give the loca- 
tion of each. 

629. Mention (a) three countries of South Amer- 
ica wholly in the torrid zone, (&) two partly in the 
torrid zone and partly in the south temperate zone, 
(c) one wholly in the south temperate zone. 

630. Mention in order the waters that would be 
traversed in going from London to St. Petersburg. 

631. What and where is each of the following: 
(a) Luzon, (&) Novgorod, (c) Bosporus, {d) Sar- 
dinia, (e) Loire? 

632. What season of the year is it at Melbourne 
at Christmas ? Explain. 

633. Mention two animals that furnish the princi- 
pal supply of ivory and state where each is found. 



Regents Questions in Geography 
Classified 

Note. — The first number refers to the question most fully- 
answered in the Key. 



Later Regents Questions Classified 

Note— All definitions are given together, under DEFINITIONS. 

Adriatic, 88 a, 92 b. 

AFRICA, 137, 32 d, 138 k, 312, 346, 405, 480, 526, 
600, 615 e. 

animals, 617; Cape Town, 363 d, 557 d, 615; coun- 
tries, 137, 301; Delagoa bay, 504 e; diamond 
fields, 600 b; Johannesburg, 466 d; Kimberley, 
557 c. 

lakes, 213 b, 466 c; Chad, 405 e; Victoria Nyanza 
541 b. 

Liberia, 392 c; 405 c; Mauritius, 8 a, 65 a. 

mountains, 312 d; Atlas, 91 c, 466 b. 

provinces, 137, 480, 526. 

rivers, 1, 37, 167 a, 213 a, 270 c; Congo, 213 b, 
376 d, 451 c, 541 a, 600 c, 616 c; Zambesi, 466 a. 

St. Helena, 65 c, 341 a, 405 d; Sahara, 346 d. 

See also Algiers, Congo Free State, Egypt, Madagas- 
car, Morocco, Transvaal, Tunis, Turkey in Asia. 
ALASKA, 227 d, 287 a, 317 d, 347 d, 377 b, 566 c. 

Aleutian islands, 118, 251 e, 468 c; Bering strait, 
504 a; Dawson city, 474 e; Klondike, 434; Mt. 
St. Elias, 122 b, 132 c,161 d, 266; Yukon, 104 e, 
370 c, 418 a, 433, 538 a. 
ALGIERS, 346 c, 137 b. 

animals, 528, 543 a, 550, 567, 592, 617, 633. 
(143) 



144 GEOGEAPHY QUESTIONS CLASSIFIED [Arabia 

ARABIA, Bab el Mandeb,;81 c, 240 e; Mecca, 16 a, 

445 c, 527 0. 
Arabian sea, 88 c. 
area, 123, 171, 276 a. 
ARGENTINE REPUBLIC, 272 c, 119 b, 155 a, 296, 

477 c. 
Buenos Ayres, 60, 77 b, 147 f ; Falkland islands, 

468 d; Rio de la Plata, 239 a, 147; seasons, 309. 
ARMENIA, 481 d, 451 b. 
ASIA, 33, 49, 136, 153, 270, 331, 391 a. 

countries, 300, 331, 345 b; rivers, 136 a, 167 b, 270 b. 
See also Arabia, Armenia, Ceylon, China, Corea, 

Cyprus, India, Japan, Persia, Siam. 
Atlantic, 164, 187, 192, 398, 614 b. 
AUSTRALIA, 195 a, 38 a, 138 i, 242, 317 a, 362, 393, 

408, 461, 615 d. 
Melbourne, 152 d, 222, 632; New South Wales, 616 f; 

Sydney, 19 d, 78, 461. 
AUSTRIA, 272 b, 1 f, 401 d, 474. 

Buda Pesth, 525 g, 67; Danube, 104 b, 1 1, 67, 92 d, 

161 a, 329 d, 389, 390 b 598 a; Vienna, 1 r, 37 b. 
axis, 54, 170, 283. 
Azof sea, 390 c, 88 b. 
Bahamas, 209 a, 415 b. 
Baltic sea, 538 c. 
bananas, 612 b, 224. 

BELGIUM, Antwerp, 465 f ; Waterloo, 189 a, 302 a. 
Bermudas, 346 f, 87 d, 295 c, 415 a. 
Black sea, 390 c, 92 d, 121, 452, 494. , 
boundaries, 382, 460, 490, 509. 



China] geography questions classified 145 

BRAZIL, 195 c, 5 f, 32 a, 119 a, 138 a, 140 b, 173 a, 
195, 257 c, 296, 326, 347 b, 447 a, 477 g, 523 a;. 

Amazon, 31 d, 132 b. 

Rio Janeiro, 195 c, 16 c, 37 d, 90 d, 103 d, 131 e, 
147 d, 222, 326, 448, 172 b. 
BRITISH AMERICA, 117, 168, 287 c, 311, 375, 382, 
475, 628. 

boundaries, 382, 580, 625; Canada, 227 c, 551; 
Fundy, bay, of, 536; Georgian bay, 537 e, 88 d; 
Greenland, 32 b; Hudson bay, 100 c, 294 c; James 
bay, 88 e; Montreal, 432, 462; lakes, 628; Nova 
Scotia, 100 a; Quebec, 445 e, 281 c, 582 d. 

rivers, 597, 628; St. Lawrence, 156, 201 a, 337 b, 
384 b. 

Vancouver's island, 486 e, 100 b. 
British empire, 48, 375. 

isles, 50. 

CAPE COLONY, 363 d, 557 c, d, 615. 

capes, 32, 63. 

capitals, 37, 210, 254, 355. 

Caspian, 479 e. 

CENTRAL AMERICA, 610. 

See also Nicaragua, Panama, 
CEYLON, 361 e, 464 g, 481 e, 527 d, 601. 
CHILI, 227 b, 242, 296, 523 b. 

Juan Fernandez, 8 b, 65 b; Santiago, 582 b; Valpa- 
raiso, 26 d. 
CHINA, 195 d, 119 i, 138 g, 300, 403, 422 a, 542, 
555, 573, 601, 618 b. 

Canton, 452; Formosa, 256 c; Hong Kong, 342, 



146 GEOGEAPHY QUESTIONS CLASSIFIED [China 

555; Peking, 135 e, 37 e, 232, 256 d, 376 a, 557 e; 
products, 36, 403. 
rivers, 542 a; Hoang-Ho, 136, 152 b, 256 e; Yangtse- 

Kiang, 136, 527 a. 
cities, 90, 263, 462. 

climate, 124 e, 54 c, 435, 440, 492, 549, 610, 620. 
comparisons, 133, 262, 277, 344, 359, 438, 471, 531, 

606. 
■cocoanuts, 699 b. 
coffee, 76 a, 107 c. 

COLOMBIA, Bogota, 147 e; colonies, 450, 48 a. 
CONGO FEEE STATE, 422 b, 392 b, 402. 
continents, 276, 277. 
copper, 108 c. 

COEEA, 287 e, 189 f, 256 b, 300, 313 d, 361 a, 538 e. 
cork, 599 c. 

cotton, 76 c, 107 a, 441 e. . 
CRETE, 132 f, 363 c. 
CUBA, 257 a, 18 c, 38 b, 138 e, 328 d, 373, 415 d, 430 

c; Havana, 103 a, 295 b, 336. 
CYPEUS, 87 a. 

dates, 599 e. 

definitions (when italicized, drawing required). 

archipelago, ^59 d, 214, ^H' 

axis, 23, 54, 484. 

bay, S69 d, 169, 184, 199, 244, 274, S19, SS5, 366, 409. 

cape, 259 d, 154, 169, 184, 199, 229, 274, 819, 335, 
366, 379, 454- 

climate, 124 e, 170, 54, 278 b. 

coast, 459 d, 4^4 

confluence, 259 b, 409. 



distances] definitions 14? 

continent, 259 b, 292. 

delta, 269 b, 454, 500. 

divide, 269 6, 500. 

equator, 23, 79, 154, 334, 484, 604. 

gulf, 259 d, 214, 229. 

island, 259 d, 169, 244, 274, 335, 366, 409. 

isthmus, 259 d, 169, 199, 244, 319, 366, 379, 500, 619. 

lake, 259 a, 184, 229, 244, 379. 

latitude, 23, 97, 124, 334, 439, 485, 604. 

longitude, 23, 97, 124, 334, 439, 604. 

meridians, 23, 124, 214. 

mountain system, 259 e, 229. 

orbit, 23, 54. 

parallels, 23, 124, 334. 

peninsula, 269 d, 64, 154, 169, 184, 199, 244, 319y 
335, 366, 379, 409, 500. 

polar circles, 23, 79, 97, 191, 574, 604. 

poles, 23, 97, 484. 

promontory, 259 d, 214, 409, 500, 619. 

revolution of the earth, 23, 484, 575. 

river, 259 b, 274. 

river system, 259 b, 454, 619. 

rotation of the earth, 23, 484, 575, 605. 

sound, 259 d, 154. 

strait, 259 d, 184, 319, 336, 379, 619. 

tropics, 23, 79, 97, 191, 199, 214, 356, 574. 

zones, 23, 24, 125, 126, 154, 200, 260, 364, 396, 410,. 
530, 560. 
DENMARK, 447 d, 450 d, 571 a. 
directions, 18, 103, 203, 407, 415. 
distances, 159, 178. 



148 GEOGRAPHY QUESTIONS CLASSIFIED [earth 

■earth, measurements, 292, 515, 620. 
motions, 170, 245, 307, 514, 575, 605. 
shape, 101, 139, 185, 231, 380, 455. 
EOUADOE, Ohimborazo, 240, 147 g; Ootopaxi, 147 h. 
JEGYPT, 317 e, 137 a, 175 c, 195 b, 301; Cairo, 317 e, 

37 a, 77 c, 90 e. 
Nile, 528 a, 104 g, 302 e, 346 d, 363 e, 376 b, 405 a, 

600 a. 
Port Said, 392 a, 405 b; Suez, 7 a, 47. 
ENGLAND, 317 b, 5 d, 62, 255 c, 297, 511. 

Birmingham, '436 e, 493 c; Channel islands, 468 b, 

539 c; Cheviot hills, 507 c; Dover strait, 507 e; 

exports, 461, 555 b; Land's End, 493 d, 539 e. 
Liverpool, 420 e, 1 o; journeys, 105 c, 131 d, 134, 

178 b, 207 e, 295 e, 303, 342, 402, 555. 
London, 59 a, 70, 103 e, 172 d, 189 g, 193, 203 d; 

journeys, 58, 78, 89, 265, 420 a, 461, 513, 930; 

Westminster abbey, 6 a, 52 a, 343 a. 
Manchester, 420 c. 
rivers, 255 e; Mersey, 539 a; Thames, 66 d, 1 h, 

493 f. 
St. George's channel, 81 e, 493 e; The Wash, 507 d. 
Esquimaux, 223, 609. • 
EUROPE, 1, 33, 43 b, 67, 570. 

cities, 150, 210, 237, 254, 284, 441, 465, 524, 525. 

colonies, 480, 526. 

countries, 67, 210, 254, 269, 284, 299, 441, 478, 494, 

495, 508, 524, 584. 
monarchies, 284 b, 299 c, 524. 
mountains, 1, 162 b, 330. 
lepublics, 284 a, 299 b, 524 a. 



Gt. Britain] geography questions classified 149 

rivers, 1 h, 67, 150, 162 a, 167, 255, 270 a, 298 b, 

407. 
seaports, 113, 269. 

See also Austria, Belgium, Crete, Denmark, Eng- 
land, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, 
Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Labrador, Netherlands, 
Norway, Portugal, Russia, Scotland, Servia, Spain, 
Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Wales, 
exports, 119, 279 b, 326, 373, 401, 448, 461, 464, 475, 

540, 555 b, 570. 
figs, 163 b. 

FRANCE, 197 b, 1 c, 5 b, 62, 99, 437 a, 450 b. 
cities, 175 b, 255 b ; Havre, 465 c, 183 ; Lyons, 525 d ; 

Marseilles, 90 b, 67. 
Mont Blanc, 343, 479. 

Paris, 59 b, 203 c, 302 b, 336, 494; Notre Dame, 52 c. 
rivers, 175 b, 255 b; Loire, 329 b, 631 e; Rhone, 

31 e, 67, 92 b, 538 d; Seine, 2 i, 67. 
See also Algiers, Tunis. 
GERMANY, 1 e, 5 c, 44 b, 62, 512, 542. 

Berlin, 203; Bremen, 525 f ; Cologne, 585 e, 1 p, 

203 b ; Essen, 585 b. 
Hamburg, 66 c, 1 t, 67, 203 a, 286, 465 g. 
rivers, 512; Elbe, 329 e, 1 k; Oder, 512; Rhine, 
104 a, 1 u, 67, 92 a, 329 c; Strasburg, 14 f, 585 e. 
gold, 108 e, 566 c. 
government, 544, 62, 447, 551, 618. 
grand divisions, 171. 
GREAT BRITAIN, 297, 450 a, 571 b. 
See also British isles, England, Ireland, Scotland, 
Wales. 



150 GEOGRAPHT QUESTiOKS CLASSIFIED [Greece 

GREECE, 570 c. 

Athens, 16 d, 89, 135 c, 302, 343 d, 363 a, 479 d, 
585 f, 616 b. 

Thermopylae, 333 d. 
GUAM, 557 b. 

Hawaiian, see Sandwich. 

hemispheres, 79, 260, 506, 604. 

historic interest, 462. 

HOLLAND, 556, 571 c; Amsterdam, 525 c. 

honey, 599 a. 

Hudson bay, 100 c. 

ICELAND, 497 c, 87 e, 122 d. 
imports, 279 a, 326, 448, 461, 475, 540. 
INDIA, 225 c, 151, 168, 242, 287, 311, 347 a, 375, 
542 b, 464 b, 572 c. 
Bombay, 19 b, 78, 342, 513. 

Calcutta, 90 a, 58, 122 e, 135 d, 222, 313, 481 c, 615. 
Hindustan, 225 c, 257 b, 376 c, 451 a, 542, 572, 601. 
mountains, Altai, 136; Himalayas, 136, 51 b, 541 e. 
rivers, Ganges, 31 c, 104 c, 481 a; Indus, 136, 481 b. 
seaports, 601 c, 615 c. 
Indians, 453, 577. 
IRELAND, 615 a. 

Belfast, 493 a, 465 k, 615; Cork, 525 a; Dublin, 
420 d, 67, 493 b; Giants causeway, 507 b; Shan- 
non, 507 a, 539 d. 
iron, 108 a, 441. 

islands, 8, 65, 68, 87, 277, 404, 571, 601 d. 
ITALY, 225 b,; 1 g, 62, 99, 119 d, 138 c, 173 d, 225, 
257 e, 272 d, 287 d, 401, 447 b, 570. 



mahogany] geogkaphy questions classified 151 

Appenines, 91 b, Corsica, 51 c, 328 e, 479 a, 598;. 

exports, 401 e, 570 d. 

Florence, 465 b, 67; Naples, 525 e; Pompeii, 333 a. 

rivers, 255 e, 225 b; Po, 92 c; Tiber, 1 m. 

Rome 6 b, 16 e, 19 a, 59 c, 70, 255 e, 286; Coliseum, 

6 b; St. Peter's 6 b. 
Sardinia, 100 f, 209 d, 421 a, 631 d; Sicily, 8 c; 
390 d, 598 h; Mount Etna, 100 e; Venice, 122 a, 
193, 436 c, 585 c; Vesuvius, 132 k, 376 e, 421 b, 
479 c. 
ivory, 633. 

JAMAICA, 313 a, 7 c, 38 c. 

JAPAN, 197 d, 21, 44 c, 119 k, 211, 300, 447 c, 464 a, 
573, 587 b. 
Tokio, 361 c; Yokohama, 90 c, 193, 256 a, 527 e. 
JAVA, 404 b, 122c, 464 f. 

journeys by rail, 45, 71, 120, 263, 316, 339, 383, 417, 
419, 424, 442, 462, 521, 534, 563, 608, 627. 
by water, 2, 34, 58, 78, 89, 265, 310, 342, 372, 398, 
402, 432, 452, 458, 478, 494, 513, 518, 536, 555, 
568, 594, 602, 630. 
Korea, see Corea. 
LABRADOR, 359, 559. 

latitude and longitude, 56, 97, 215, 308, 427, 436, 485, 
501. 

latitudes, 19, 50, 70, 193, 221, 336, 344, 440, 471. 

lead, 108 b. 

linen, 441. 

llama, 567. 

MADAGASCAR, 346 b, 87 b, 152 a, 392 e, 451 d, 600 d, 

616 d. 
Magellan strait, 486 b. 
mahogany, 271. 



152 GEOGEAPHT QTJESTioiirs CLASSIFIED [manuf's 

manufactures, 585. 

Marmora sea, 51 e. 

Maylay archipelago, 404 a. 

Mediterranean, 92 b, 508, 584. 

Mexico, 116, 173 b, 225, 272 a, 312 e, 382, 437 c, 552. 
Gulf of California, 486 c; of Mexico, 201 b, 294 b, 

429, 594. 
Popocatapell, 341 d; Vera Cruz, 100 d; Yucatan, 
132 e, 341 b, 486 d, 538 b. 

MOEOCCO, 392 d, 301; Atlas mts., 91 c, 466. 

mountains, 91, 92. 

NETHERLANDS, 450 c. 

NEW ZEALAND, 558 c, 68 a. 

NICARATJGUA, 115, 238, 341 c, 569, 582 e. 

North sea, 92 a. 

NORTH AMERICA, 3, 81, 382, 262. 
rivers, 294 a, 418. 

See also Bahamas, Bermudas, British America, Cen- 
tral America, Mexico, United States. 

NORWAY, 227 a, 32 c, 119 g, 173 c, 227, 257 d, 312, 
401 a, 570 b; Christiania, 51 d, 67, 465 i. 

OCEANIA, 528 b, 616 e. 
See also Australia, Guam, Java, Malay archiplelago, 

New Zealand, Philippines, Sandwich Islands, 

Sumatra, 
olive oil, 599 d. 
orbit, 54, 170. 

Pacific ocean, 35, 294 a, 327, 355, 614 a. 
palm, 224 
pampas, 553 b. 
PANAMA, 366 e, 419, 486 a, 568. 



Scandinavia] geography questions classified 153 

PATAGONIA, 553 c. 

peaches, 163 d. 

peanuts, 612 c. 

peninsulas, 225 d, 138 f, 300, 447 f, 464 c, 572 b. 

PERSIA, 225 d, 300, 447, 464, 572 b. 

PERU, 317 c; Lake Titicaca, 152 e. 

PHILIPPINES, 449, 328 a, 436 d, 482, 496, 587 c. 

Luzon, 557 a, 631 a; Manila, 458, 602. 
population, 99, 123, 276 b. 
PORTO RICO, 240 b, 18 c, 504 d, 543 d. 
PORTUGAL, 401 c, 1 b; Lisbon, 100 g. 
products, 138. 
races of men, 332, 453. 
railways, see journeys, time. 
raisins, 163 c. 
rice, 76 c, 612 d. 
RUSSIA, 437 b, 5 e, 99, 119 h, 401 b, 447 e, 542, 570 a. 

Cracow, 465 h; Crimea, 132 h; Finland, 451 e, 
598 f ; Lapland, 227 e, 421 c, 586 a. 

Moscow, 421 e, 67, 161 c, 525 i. 

mountains, 312 a, 542 d; Caucasus, 132 g, 421 d; 
Ural, 91 e. 

Novgorod, 631 b; Odessa, 465 a, 585 d. 

rivers, 255 a; Don, 161 b; Volga, 598 g, 67. 

St. Petersburg, 1 q, 203 e, 333 c; journeys, 46, 149, 
478, 494, 630; latitude, 70, 172 c, 336. 

Sebastopol, 13; Siberia, 464 d, 601a; Irkutsk, 527b. 
SANDWICH ISLANDS, 61, 78, 374, 406. 

Hawaii, 68 b, 77 a, 138 h, 240 c, 328 c, 406, 558 a, 
587 a; Honolulu, 616 g. 
Scandinavian peninsula, 312 b; see Norway, Sweden. 



154 GEOGRAPHY QUESTIONS CLASSIFIED [Scotland 

SCOTLAND, 297, 175 a, 312 c, 493 h, k, 539 f. 
Edinburgh, 302 c, 67, 420 b, 493 d; Firth of Forth, 
493, 539 b; Glasgow, 26 e, 436 a, 525 b, 585 a; 
Hebrides, 313 b. 
seaports, 615. 

seas, 33, 51 e, 88, 92, 391 b. 

seasons, 170, 54, 60, 140, 155, 166, 188, 216, 230, 261, 
283, 292, 309, 360, 365, 393, 455, 469, 499, 529, 
559, 603, 632. 
selvas, 553 a. 
SERVIA, 347 c. 
SIAM, 361 d, 481 f. 
silk, 76 b, 271, 441 d. 
silver, 108 d. 

SOUTH AMERICA, 492, 43 a, 253 a, 400, 554, 583. 
Cape Horn, 372. 
cities, 239 b, 400, 505, 614. 
countries, 12, 35, 147, 327, 614; 102, 208, 296, 505» 

595; 372, 614; 389, 629; 400; 568, 614, 629. 
exports, 373, 448, 540; Juan Fernandez, 8 b, 65 b. 
pampas and selvas, 553; products, 208, 435, 448, 

476, 505, 523. 
rivers, 31 d, 132 a, 147, 239 a, 253 b, 358, 459, 476, 

583 c. 
Tierra del Fuego, 553 d. 

See also Argentine Republic, Brazil, Chili, Ecuador, 
Patagonia, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela. 

SPAIN, 197 c, 1 a, 99, 119 e, 242, 344, 402, 422 c, 

438, 615 b. 
Alhambra, 197 d, 52 d. 
Azores, 68 c, 328 b, 541 f ; Balearic islands, 468 e; 

Canary islands, 468 a. 



Atlantic] united states 156 

cities, 175 e, 255 d; Madrid, 465 d, 37 c, 67; Ma- 
laga, 615; Palos, 132 i, 343 e. 

Gibraltar, 333 b, 14 e, 38 d, 172 a, 302 h, 436 b, 
445 b, 478, 598 b. 

Pyrenees, 209 e, 91 a, 390 a, 598 e. 

rivers, 175 e, 255 d; Tagus, 329 a. 
spices, 76 a, 163 e. 
straits, 81, 486 b. 
Suez canal, 47 a. 
sugar, 107 e, 271. 

SUMATRA, 361 b, 138 d, 464 e, 541 c. 
SWEDEN, 377 a, 138 b, 312, 359; Stockholm, 525 k. 
SWITZERLAND, Id, 5 a, 119 f, 224, 447 g, 570 e. 

Alps, 92, 162 d, 302 f ; Mount Blanc, 343 b, 479 b; 

Geneva, 525 h, 67, 585 g; Interlaken, 616 a. 
tea, 76 b, 107 d. 
trade winds, 605. 

TRANSVAAL, 346 a, 302 i, 313 c, 557 c, 600 e. 
tropics, 356, 506. 
TUNIS, 301. 

TURKEY, 377 c, 44 a, 119 c, 173 e, 572 a. 
, Bosporus, 152 d, 240 d, 302 g, 390 e, 631 c. 

Constantinople, 26 f, 100 h, 189 b, 363 b, 465 e; 
journeys, 149, 310, 402. 

Dardanelles, 81 b, 598 c. 
TURKEY IN ASIA, Dead sea, 343 c; Jerusalem, 16 b. 
UNITED STATES, 197 a, 219, 304, 382, 403, 415, 
427, 551, 625. 

Annapolis, 511 a, 611 a. 

Arizona, 613 e. 

Atlantic coast, 181, 589. 



166 GEOGKAPHY QUESTIONS CLASSIFIED [Baltimore 

Baltimore, ?87. 

Baton Eouge, 636 c. 

beef, 510 d. 

Boston, 430 b, 14 d, 18 a, 80 a, 501 a; journeys, 

34, 339. 
Bunker Hill, 325 a, 189 e. 
California, 549, 566 a, 613 e. 
Cape Cod, 63 e, 474 b, 537 f, 590 a. 
capitals, 80. 
Chesapeake bay, 474 a. 
Cheyenne, 399 d. 
Chicago, 59 e, 428 a, 457 e, 501 c, 183, 187, 190 c, 

221; journeys, 71, 105 a, 131 b, 134, 178 b, 265, 

339, 383, 520, 627; standard time, 114 a, 306, 561. 
Cincinnati, 511 a, 26 a. 
cities, 30, 127, 156, 249, 285, 305 c, 339 b, 383, 442, 

521. 
civil war, 314. 

coal, 217, 29 c, 234 a, 340 c, 355, 429, 467 e, 581 c. 
coffee, 107. 
Colorado, 548 e. 
Colorado Springs, 445 d. 
copper, 29 b, 108, 467 c. 
corn, 324 c, 388, 416 a, 510 b. 
cotton, 20, 27 b, 107, 324 a, 340 b, 388, 467 i, 581 b. 
Delaware bay, 590 c. 
Denver, 474 e, 233 b, 306 a, 582 a. 
Duluth, 397 b, 428 b, 474 d; journeys, 207 a, 252, 

310, 432. 
Everglades, 205 d. 
exports, 279 a, 326, 448, 475. 



lakes] UNITED states 157 

Florida, 366 b, 356, 371 c, 438, 446 a, 522 d, 531> 

559. 

strait, 81 a. 

Keys, 522 d. 

Key West, 415 c, 515 c, 611 b. 
forests, 491, 264. 
fruit, 416 d. 
Galveston, 611 e, 15. 
Garden of the Gods, 369 a. 
Georgia, 613 b. 

Gettysburg, 189 h, 267 d, 325 d, 611 c. 
gold, 108, 234 b, 566 c. 
Golden Gate, 522 e, 626 b. 
Harrisburg, 80 d. 
Hartford, 18 a. 
Hatteras cape, 590 d. 
historic interest, 521. 
Idaho, 546. 
Illinois, 371 d. 

imports, 279 b, 326, 448, 475. 
Indian tent, 224. 
industries, 548. 
Iowa, 613 c. 

iron, 27 a, 108, 324 e, 510. 
irrigation, 543 c, 57, 236, 549 c. 
Jackson, 80 c. 
Jefferson City, 80 e. 
Juan de Fuca, 81 d. 
Kentucky, 546 b. 
Key West, 415 c, 515 c, 611 b. 
lakes, 145 b, 305 d; Great, 156, 398, 564; Great 

Salt, 145 b, 205 c, 251 a, 474 h, 537 c. 



158 GEOGRAPHY QUESTION'S CLASSIFIED [lead 

lead, 108, 467 d. 

Lexington, 325 b, 135 b. 

Louisiana, 371 b, 548 c, 58L a. 

Louisville, 397 d. 

lumber, 467 f. 

Mackinac strait, 504 c. 

Maine, 133, 371 a. 

Mammoth Cave, 53 c, 282 d, S^2 ^. 

marble, 510 f. 

Martha's Vineyard, 522 c. 

Maryland, 613 a. 

Massachusetts, 548 a. 

Minneapolis, 428 d. 

Minnesota, 546 c. 

Mississippi, 581 b. 

Montana, 531. 

mountains, 305 a; Alleghanies, 543 b; Black hills, 
205 a, 251 d; Blue ridge, 537 b; Washington, 
474 c, 626 a; Eocky, 266 a, 145; Pike's peak, 
369 d, 251 b, 266, 282 e, 369 d, 474 f, 596 c; 
Sierra Nevada, 91 d, 537 a, 596 d. 

Nantucket, 87 c. 

Nashville, 80. 

Nebraska, 546 d. 

JS'ew England, 249. 
cities, 249. 

N"ew Haven, 249 f, 511 e. 

New Orleans, 397 a, 399 c, 428 c, 511 f ; journeys, 
207 a, 303; latitude, 19 c, 193, 336. 

New York, 280, 109, 190, 337, 344, 394, 412, 472, 
502, 544. 



<irainage] united states: new yokk 159 

agricultural products, 11, 291 b, 386, 426, 579, 

591, 624. 
Albany, 14 c, 103 b, 414 e, 463 f, 501 b, 561, 

608 a; journeys, 28, 159 d, 578 b. 
altitudes, 281. 
Amsterdam, 63, 73 f. 
animals, 592. 

approximate distances, 159, 578. 
area, 74 a, 578 c. 
Auburn, 511 c, 463 e. 

Ausable chasm, 40 b, 53 b, 66 e, 321 b, 444 c. 
Batavia, 607 d. 

Binghamton, 232, 250, 472 h, 608 b. 
^Brooklyn, 42 c, 75 b, 463 "b; bridge, 83 b, 321 d, 

562 c. 
; Buffalo, 83 c, 233 a, 246 d, 281 b, 414 g, 457 c, 

463 f ; county, 42 c, 75 d, 232; Journeys, 131 a, 

159 a, 178 a, 207 c, 295 d, 316, 424, 442, 534, 

563, 578 b, 608 b. 
oanals, 248, 41, 42 b, 47 b, 194 b, 204, 322, 546 b. 
€herry Valley, 189 c. 
•cities, 17, 28, 42 b, c, 83, 93, 94 a, 110, 129, 142, 

186, 232, 289 c, 425, 426, 442, 518, 534, 563, 

579, 593, 608. 
Clinton, 246 b, 202 c. 
€ohoes, 246 b, 73 d, 622 e. 
•collars and cuffs, 579 d. 

■counties, 39, 42 c, 82, 129, 141, 143, 232, 268, 320, 

349, 386, 456, 516, 576, 591, 606. 
dairying, 386, 516, 591 e. 
distances, 578. 
drainage, 337. 



160 GEOGEAPHY QUESTIONS CLASSIFIED [Elmira 

Elmira, 246 e, 395 d, 463 c, g, 472 e, 533 d. 

Empire state, 22, 106, 323, 412. 

flour, 579 a. 

Fort Edward, 73 a. 

Fredonia, 202 d. 

fruit, 591 a. 

Geueva, 622 b, 42 a, 395 d. 

Gloversville, 533 b, 414 d. 

gloves, 579 c. 

granite, 624 a. 

grapes, 278, 386, 516. 

historical associations, 130, 315. 

hops, 386. 

Howe's cave, 444 a. 

Indians, 577. 

iron, 268 c, 368 a, 386, 516, 579 e, 591 d, 624 c. 

Ithaca, 160 c, 281 a, 395 d, 414 a, 503 c. 

Jamestown, 533 e, 545 c. 

Kingston, 351 b, 73 e, 622 a. 

lakes, 41, 94 b, 201, 289 a, 384, 443, 472, 488, 532. 

Cayuga, 395 c, 443 b. 

Champlain, 443 e. 

Chautauqua, 472 k, 413 a, 488 d, 532 a. 

Erie, 39, 82. 

George, 517 c, 321 e, 488 a, 532 c. 

Keuka, 443 d, 488 a. 

Oneida, 517, 42 a, 488 a, 517 d. 

Onondaga, 501, 443 a, 488 a, 503 e. 

Ontario, 518. 
; Otsego, 395 c, 413 a, 488 b, 532 b. 



Plattsburg] united states: new york 161 

Saranac, 562, 161 e, 395 c, 488 a. 

Seneca, 84, 413 a, 443 c, 488 a. 
limestone, 368 b, 6"-i4 b. 
Little Falls, 73 i. 
Long Island sound, 590 b. 
lumbering, 591 e. 
manufactures, 426. 
mineral products, 291 a. 
Montauk'point, 51 a. 
mountains, 10 a, 42 a, 85, 338, 367, 395 a, 412, 

576 b, 622. 

Adirondack, 10 c, 247 a, 264, 338 a, 350 d, 489 b. 
park, 546 a, 205 e. 
Mt. Marcy, 489 c, 562 e. 

Catskill, 10 b, 338 b, 350 e, 489, 503 d, 562 d. 
natural gas, 268 a, 368 c, 516, 576 c. 
natural scenery, 17, 40, 608. 
Newburg, 607 f, 73 b. 
New York, 59 d, 14 b, 75 c, 336, 501 d, 578 e. 

journeys, 45, 71, 120, 131, 159, 178, 207, 263, 
295, 316, 326, 383, 424, 448, 458, 462, 518, 
521, 534, 540, 563, 578 a, 602. 

time, 114, 177 b, 218, 520. 

why so large, 176, 246 a. 
New York bay, 201 c. 
New York Central R.R., 2. 
Niagara Falls, 282 a, 40 a, 321 a, 444 e. 
Oriskany, 202 b, 267 c, 607 e. 
Oswego, 351 e, 281 a, 474 b, 463, 533 c, 608 a 
Peekskill, 73 k. 
Plattsburg, 207 d, 503 b, 578 a. 



162 GEOGRAPHY QUESTIONS CLASSIFIED [New York 

population, 74 b, 182 a, 578 d. 

Potsdam, 622 d. 

Poughkeepsie, 351 c, 73 h, 395 d, 414 f, 463 c,, 

472 f, 533 a. 
revolutionary war, 315, 130. 
rivers, 9, 72, 85, 94 c. 111, 141, 161, 201, 289 b,. 

337, 367 b, 395 b, 412,413, 472 a, 487, 488, 532^ 

534, 545. 

Delaware, 370 e, 337 d. 

Genesee, 350 c, 247 b, 472 c, 517 a. 

Hudson, 350 a, 28, 42 a, 73, 82, 93, 232, 337 c,. 
444 d, 472 a, 545 a; Palisades, 321 c, 517 e. 

Mohawk, 247 b, 42 a, 73, 472 b, 517 b. 

Oswego, 545 b. 

St. Lawrence, 156, 201 a, 337 b, 384 b. 

Seneca, 472 d. 

Susquehanna, 350 b, 337 d, 384 c. 
Rochester, 83 d, 42 c, 75 a, 246 c, 281 b, 351 d. 
Sacketts Harbor, 160 b. 
salt, 546 c, 268 b, 444 b, 516, 624 e. 
Saratoga, 202 e, 414 c, 428 e, 472 g, 607 a. 
Schenectady, 351 a, 607 c. 
shoes, 579 b. 
sugar, 624 d. 

surface, 280, 179, 412, 622. 
Syracuse, 160 a, 463 d, 545 c. 
Tarrytown, 607. 
Thousand Islands, 522 f. 
Ticonderoga, 414 h, 202 a, 267 a. 
Troy, 545 c. 
Utica, 622 c, 73 c. 



Kichmond] united states 165 

Watertown, 545 c. 

Watervliet, 463 a. 

West Point, 160 e, 73 g, 160, 189 i, 333 e, 414 k, 
503 a, 562 b. 

wheat, 386, 579, 591 b. 

Whitehall, 472 i, 281 c. 

White Plains, 160 d, 267 b, 414 i, 607 g. 
Norfolk, 511 b. 
Omaha, 18 b. 
oranges, 340 a. 
Oregon, 548 e, 613 d. 
peanuts, 612. 
peninsulas, 305 b. 

Pennsylvania, 371 a, 535 b, 548 b, 581 c. 
Petersburg, 333. 
petroleum, 510. 

Philadelphia, journeys, 13, 46, 121; latitude, 70, 221. 
pine apples, 612. 
Pittsburg, 431, 511, 611 f. 
population, 69, 99, 182 b. 
pork, 467 h. 
prairies, 235. 

products, 20, 27, 29, 355, 371, 388, 467. 
Puget sound, 596 b. 
railways, 417. 
raisins, 566 a. 
rebellion, war of, 314. 
rice, 20, 510 c, 681 a. 
rice, 20, 510 c, 581 a. 
Richmond, 165, 250. 



164 GEOGEAPHY QUESTIONS CLASSIFIED [rivers 

rivers, 145, 164, 220 490, 509, 613, 625. 

Colorado, 145 a, 282 c. 

Columbia, 31 a, 370 d, 418 e, 504 b, 537 d, 566 b, 
596 a. 

Connecticut 418 b, 430 b. 

Mississippi 369 e, 30, 55, 86, 98, 127, 285, 353, 
384 a, 433, 439, 519, 536, 565, 576. 

Ohio, 370 b, 144 ; Platte, 370 a, 418 d ; Eed, 369 b ; 
Eio Grande, 31 b, 209 c; Tennessee, 418 c. 
Sacramento, 80 b. 
St. Augustine, 14 a, 135 a. 
St. Louis, 457 a, 18 b, 34, 45, 221. 
St. Paul, 26 b, 397 c, 594. 
Salem, 611 g. 
salt, 234 c, 510 e. 
Salt Lake City, 325 e, 511 g. 
Sandy Hook, 7 b, 66 b. 
San Francisco, 511 h, 103 c, 193, 221. 

journeys, 78, 105 b, 120, 131 c, 159 b, 165, 178 c, 
207 b, 263, 295 a, 342. 

standard time, 114 b, 177 b, 218, 306, 399 d, 520, 
561 b. 
Santa Fe, 582 c, 626 d. 
Savannah, 26 c, 222, 457 d. 
seaports, 352. 
Seattle, 397 e, 611 d. 
silver, 108, 340 e, 467 b. 
South Carolina, 613 b. 
standard time, 177, 21, 25, 114, 189, 218, 306, 399, 

520, 561. 
states, 3, 15, 20, 27, 45, 112, 120, 127, 144, 165, 192, 



zones] UNITED STATES TO ZONES 165 

234, 324, 340, 352, 354, 355, 387, 388, 416, 429, 
467, 490, 509, 510, 535, 536, 547, 564, 580, 594, 627. 

Statue of Liberty, 6. 

sugar, 20, 29 a, 107, 324 b, 340 d, 388, 467 g. 

Tacoma, 557 b. 

Texas, 535 c. 

timber, 416 c. 

tobacco, 20, 27 c, 107, 467 k. 

turpentine, 510 k. 

Valley Forge, 189, 445 a. 

Vermont, 535 a. 

Vicksburg, 314, 626 e. 

Virginia, 613 a. 

Washington,133, 613 d. 

Washington, D. C, 103, 159 c, 172 e, 178 d, 442. 

wheat, 206, 241, 324 d, 388, 416 b, 497, 510 a. 

Yellowstone park, 4, 251 c, 369 c, 430 a, 474 g, 497 a. 

Yorktown, 325 c, 267 e. 

Yosemite valley, 90 c, 6 d, 53 a, 66 a, 132 d, 205 b, 
282 b, 522 b. 

zinc, 510 h. 
URUGUAY, 523, 499, 523 c; Montivideo, 540. 
VENEZUELA, 287 b, 477 e; Orinoco, 132 a, 147, 341 e. 
WALES, 297. 

WEST INDIES, 356, 446; Hayti, 415 e; Santo Do- 
mingo, 558 b. 

See also Cuba, Jamaica, Porto Rico, 
zones, 23, 24, 43, 54, 125, 126, 200, 345, 364, 389, 393 a, 
396, 410, 528, 530, 560, 629. 



REGENTS QUESTIONS 

IN 

ELEMENTARY ENGLISH 
I 895- I 904 



BEING ALL THE QUESTIONS IN THE SUBJECT GIVEN DURING THE 
YEARS NAMED IN EXAMINATIONS CONDUCTED BY THE RE- 
GENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK 



PREPARED BY 



C. W. BARDEEN 



EDITOU OF THE SCHOOL BULLETIN 




SYRACUSE, N. Y 

C. W. BARDEEN, Publisher 



Copyright, 1905, by C. W. Bardebn 



PREFACE 

Since 1882 no regents questions in grammar have been 
published in this series, because it was felt that the ques- 
tions for seventeen years gave sufficient indication of the 
work required. "Within the past fifteen years however, 
the questions in Elementary English have been so differ- 
ent from the old questions in grammar that it seems de- 
sirable a new series should be prepared in that division of 
the subject. The period chosen is the decade from 1895 
to 1904, and the 522 questions in Elementary English 
given by the regents during that period are here given by 
examinations. 

It will be noted that the character of the questions has 
changed from time to time. From the 1st to the 23d 
examination there are constant questions on stems, de- 
rivations, etc., with considerable synonym work. These 
suddenly disappear, and from the 24th examination on 
there is much definition work, as in No. 357. 

The subjects of essays at the end of each examination 
are taken from the following books: Hawthorne's " Won- 
der Book " (i-iii); " Tanglewood Tales " (iv~viii), and 
"Grandfather's Chair" (ix-xv); Burrough's "Birds 
and Bees " and " A Hunting of the Deer " (xiii-xxiii) ; 
and Longfellow's " Evangeline " (xvii-xxxvi). There 
are a few outside subjects, as in 119, 179, 239, 299. 

There are many letters: 7, 25, 41, 55, 72, 84, 108, 140, 
154, 170, 198, 207, 228, 244, 318, 348, 378, 393, 405, 430, 

(165) 



166 LATER REGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 

451, 465, 496, 511; besides those requiring polite forms, 
162, 175, 190, 216, 251, 259, 274,288, 304, 335, 364, 421; 
and business forms, 223, 238, 518. No. 123 calls for 
answers to advertisements. 

That so much constructive work is demanded will be 
generally approved, and the questions will set many teach- 
ers as well as pupils to thinking. 

Aug. 1, 1905. 



THE REGENTS QUESTIONS IN ENGLISH 

1895 — 1904 

/. January 23, 1895 

1. Fill the following blanks correctly with will or 
shall : 

(a) we have time to see her ? 

If you (h) — — call for me I (c) be glad 

to go. 

{d) there be time for it? 

He tells me that he (e) be ten years old 

to-morrow. 
Fill the following blanks correctly with would or 
should : 

I (/) write to him if I knew his address. 

{g) you be surprised to hear this ? 

Though I {h) die for it I (i) not 

deny it. 
He did better than I (A;) have done. 

2. Write correct sentences containing the compara- 
tive of (a) good, (&) little, (c) much, {d) bad, the 
superlative of (e) inner, {f) gay, {g) thoughtless ; 
the possessive singular of {li) thou ; the possessive 
plural of (i) I and {h) she. 

3. Give the principal parts of (a) fly, (&) eat, (c) 
choose, {d) swear, (e) smite. 

4. Write sentences containing {a) a verb in the 
imperative mode, (&) a verb in the passive voice, (c) 

167 



168 LATER REGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 

a transitive verb, (d) an intransitive verb, (e) a 
present participle. 

5. Write the plural of (a) life, (&) mouse, (c) ne- 
gro, (d) money, (e) thesis; the feminine of (/) czar, 
(g) bachelor, (h) earl, (i) duke, (h) hero. 

6. Give the meaning of each of the following ab- 
breviations: (a) M. • D., (b) do, (c) Esq., (d) 
Messrs, (e) Ph. D., (f) Va., (g) P. O., (/i) P. S., 
(^) ult., (^) Anon. 

7. Write a brief letter to a friend, asking him to 
lend you a certain book and telling him why you de- 
sire it. Pay particular attention to heading, intro- 
duction, and conclusion. Write the proper super- 
scription of the envelope. 

8. Porm a word from each of the following stems : 
(a) migr, (b) scrib, (c) mater, (d) ag, (e) voc. 
Write sentences in which each of these words is prop- 
erly used. 

9. From what stem is each of the following words 
formed: (a) conjunctioii, (b) collect, (c) brevity, 
(d) gradation, (e) position? Give the meaning of 
each stem. 

10. Write (a) a compound interrogative sentence, 
(&) a complex sentence containing an adjective 
clause, (c) an exclamatory sentence, (d) a sentence 
containing an infinitive phrase, (e) a sentence con- 
taining a collective noun. 

11. Classify the following sentences as to use and 
as to form, and analyze each by diagram or other- 
wise: 



LATER REGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS lOlV 

a Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth 
speaketh, 

h They never fail who die 

In a great cause. 
c Shall the enemy oi our souls entice us and 

shall we not manfully resist? 

12. Give the case and government of each noun in 
the following sentence: The brave (a) man who had 
been his {h) country's (c) leader in past {d) dan- 
gers did not now desert his (e) post. 

13. Correct the errors in the following sentences: 
(rt) There is no two of them exactly alike, (6) Four- 
teen multiplied by four equals to what? (c) She 
don't know what to do, {d) Who was he talking to ? 
{e) He hasn't gone and ain't likely to go, (/) You 
have got no right to do it, {g) I read it slow enoi«igli 
for any one to follow, (/i) It seems that Jane and her 
went home together, (i) It is I that is to blame, {k) 
Who was the girl standing between you and I ? 

14-15. Write an essay of at least 100 words on one 
of the following topics (taken from Hawthorne's 
"Wonder book"), paying special attention to spell- 
ing, capitalization, punctuation, paragraphing, 
grammatic construction and proper use of words: 
" The golden touch " ; " The Gorgon's head ". 

IT. March 13, 1895 

16. Define (a) phrase, (6) clause. Name (c) 
three kinds of phrases and (rf) three kinds of clauses 
and write sentences containing an example of each. 

17. Write the possessive plural of (a) fly, (^) 



170 LATER REGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 

child, (c) father-in-law, (d) Miss Brown; the fem- 
inine of (e) duke, (/) lion, (g) drake, (h) man- 
servant, (i) tiger, (k) executor. 

18. Give the case and government of each noun in 
the following sentence: (a) America's brave (6) sol- 
diers still defended the (c) flag which was the (d) 
pride of every loyal (e) heart. 

19. Correct the errors in the following sentences 
and give the reason for each correction : 

a You should take two cupsful of flour and one 
of sugar. 

h There are three Helen's in school. 

c Neither you or I are in the wrong. 

d He came very near getting his head broke. 

e He saw a man whom he believed was the ac- 
cused. 

20. Tell from what stem each of the following is 
formed and give the meaning of each stem: (a) ab- 
breviate, (h) compassion, (c) loquacious, (d) voca- 
tion, (e) capture. 

21. Give the principal parts of (a) break, (6) 
freeze, (c) write, (d) rise, (e) shake. 

22. (a) Write sentences in which that is used as 
three different parts of speech; (6) tell the part of 
speech in each case. Write sentences in which whom 
is used (c) as an interrogative pronoun, (d) as a 
relative pronoun. 

23. Decline (a) fox, (b) he. Compare (c) far, 
(d) much, (e) liberal. 

24. Define (a) proper noun, (b) numeral adjec- 
tive, (c) personal pronoun, (d) transitive verb, (e) 



LATER REGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 171 

adverb of time. Write sentences illustrating each. 

25, Write a brief letter to a friend asking him (or 
her) to visit you and proposing some amusements or 
excursion which will make the visit pleasant. Pay 
special attention to the form, punctuation and word- 
ing of the letter. 

26, Classify the following sentences as to use and 
as to form and analyze each by diagram or other- 
wise: 

a When Greeks joined Greeks then was the tug 
of war. 

b Cleanness of body was ever deemed to pro- 
ceed from a due reverence to God. 

c Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy 
youth, 

27, Correct the following sentences and give the 
reason for each correction : 

a John and I was there last Monday. 

b Perhaps it was not her that you saw at the 

fair, 
c The children had sang several hymns before 

we went home. 
d He or I are certain to be there to-morrow. 
e Will I be allowed to keep the book ? 

28, Give the part of speech and syntax of each of 
the lettered words in the following sentences : 

(a) Very (b) few people are good economists 

of (c) their fortunes. 
He (d) came (e) before the exercises were over. 
29-30. Write an essay of not less than 100 words 
on one of the following topics (taken from Haw- 



172 LATER "REGENTS ENGEISH QUESTIONS 

thorne's "Wonder book"), paying special attention 
to spelling, capitalization, punctuation, paragraph- 
ing, grammatic construction and proper use of 
words : " Tlie old man of tlie sea " ; " Hercules and 
Atlas ". 

///. June 12, 1895 

31. Analyze by diagram or otherwise: 
a They never fail who die 

In a gTeat cause, 
b Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of 
any bird. 
82. Write the feminine of (a) abbot, (&) earl, (c) 
administrator; the plural of {d) leaf, {e) fly, (/) 
phenomenon ; the possessive case singular of {g) 
l)oy, {li ) James ; the possessive case plural of (i) 
liero, (^;) beau. 

33. Fill the blanks in the following with the 
proper forms of lie or lay : 

a I down at night and sleep soundly. 

1) The dog has there two hours. 

c He the book on the table and went 

out. 

d He down to rest as soon as the sun 

went down. 

e the book on the table. 

Fill the blanks in the following with the proper 
forms of sit or set : 

/ John is cabbage plants, 

g Who the table last night? 

h John and Paul now on the front seat. 



LATER RP:GENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 173 

i He down under a tree and read the 

story. 
k The hen is on fourteen eggs. 

34. Give the principal parts of (a) shake, (b) 
fall, (c) strike, (d) steal, (e) break. 

35. Classify the following sentences as to use and 
as to form : 

a Thrice is he arm'd, that hath his quarrel just. 

b Who is here so rude, that would not be a Ro- 
man ? 

c Unfurl to the free air of heaven the banner of 
liberty. 

d O that I had wings like a dove! 

e Righteousness exalteth a nation : but sin is a 
reproach to any people. 

36. Give the part of speech of each w^ord in the 
following sentence: Fear not, ye are of more value 
than many sparrow^s. 

37. Write sentences containing (a) an adverbial 
clause, (&) a participial phrase, (c) a noun clause 
used as a subject, (d) a verb in the passive voice, 
(e) an adjective clause. 

38. Correct the following sentences and give the 
reason for each correction : 

a There is a horse and a cow in the field. 

b A more worthier man you can not find. 

c He died very sudden I am told. 

d If any one will go let them say so. 

e Surely he can not have ate as much as that. 

39. Define (a) relative pronoun, (b) proper noun, 
(c) transitive verb, (d) collective noun, (e) interrog- 



174 LATER REGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 

a-tive pronoun. Write sentences illustrating each 
and underscore the illustrative words. 

40. Form a word from each of the following 
stems: (a) capt, (6) liber, (c) voc, (d) plic, (e) 
phil. Write sentences in which the words gi?ven are 
correctly used. 

41. Write a brief letter to a cousin proposing an 
excursion to some place that you think will be of in- 
terest. Pay particular attention to the form, ar- 
rangement and punctuation of this letter. 

42. Give the case and government of each noun in 
the following sentence : The mellow light of sunset 
made the city's lofty towers shine so that you would 
have said that they were burnished gold. 

43. Decline (a) who, (b) he, (c) man. Compare 
(d) much, (e) little. 

44-45. Write an essay of not less than 100 words 
on one of the following topics (taken from Haw- 
thorne's "Wonder book"), paying special attention 
to spelling, capitalization, punctuation, grammatic 
construction and proper use of words: "Medusa"; 
" King Midas ". 

IV. September 25, 1895 

46. Classify the following sentences as to use and 
as to form and analyze each by diagram or otherwise : 

a How can a man who is not true to himself be 

true to a friend ? 
h If we are looking for opportunities to do good, 

we shall find them on every side. 

47. Give the feminine of {a) earl, (6) actor, (c) 



LATEH REGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 175 

bachelor, (d) stag, (e) arbiter; the phiral of (/) 
oasis, (g) solo, (/^) alley, (i) buffalo, (k) mercy. 

48. Write (a) a complete sentence containing both 
an adjective clause and an adverb clause; (&)a sen- 
tence containing a noun clause used as the subject ; 
(c) a sentence containing an infinitive phrase; {d) 
a compound declarative sentence; (e) a sentence con- 
taining an interrogative pronoun. 

49. Give the principal parts of (a) slay, (b) take, 
(c) fling, (d) smite, (e) wear. 

50. Give the case and government of each noun in 
the following sentence: He is the true (a) man 
who can keep his (b) honor unsullied amid all the 
(c) temptations which (d) life's varied (e) circum- 
stances offer. 

51. Form a word from each of the following stems 
and give sentences in which each word is properly 
used: (a) alt, (b) numer, (c) scrib, (d) mult, (e) 
tact. 

52. Give the stem and suffix by which each of the 
following words is formed and the meaning of both 
stem and suffix: (a) pendent, (b) portable, (c) cap- 
tor, (d) junction, (e) frangible. 

53. Correct the following sentences and give the 
reason for each correction: 

a You overdone your part in the comedy. 

b He don't tell who were there. 

c It laid there on the grass all night. 

d He said you and me could go. 

e Most every one goes by the new road. 

54. (a) Give two nouns which have no singular, 



176 LATEK REGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 

two nouns which have no plural. Form the possess- 
ive plural of (6) mouse, (c) king, (d) hero, and use 
each plural in an appropriate sentence. 

55. Write a brief letter to a friend inviting him 
(or her) to pay you a visit and proposing some 
amusement or excursion which will make the visit 
pleasant. Pay special attention to the form, punc- 
tuation and wording of the letter. 

56. Define (a) proper noun, (6) numeral adjec- 
tive (c) relative pronoun, (d) personal pronoun, (e) 
transitive verb. Write sentences illustrating each 
and underscore the illustrative words. 

57. Give the part of speech and syntax of each ital- 
icized word in the following sentences : 

True hearts are (a) more (&) than coronets, 
(c) All (d) his promises (e) have been broken. 

58. Correct the following sentences and give the 
reason for each correction : 

a I never did so poor in examination before. 

h Who have they for teacher there now ? 

c Some one has lost their book. 

d He took ISTellie and I to ride last evening. 

e Hain't you been home since I saw you ? 
59-60. Write an essay of not less than 100 words 
•on one of the following topics (taken from Haw- 
thorne's " Tanglewood tales"), paying special at- 
tention to spelling, capitalization, punctuation, 
grammatic construction and proper use of words: 
" Circe's Palace " ; " The Minotaur ". 



LATEB. REGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 177 



V. January 29, 1896 

61. Write (a) a complex interrogative sentence, 
(b) a sentence containing a substantive (noun) 
<?laiise, (c) an exclamatory sentence, (d) a sentence 
containing a verb in the passive voice, (e) a sentence 
containing what used as a relative pronoun. 

62. Analyze by diagram or otherwise the follow- 
ing sentences : 

a Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue. 
h Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is 
counted wise. 

63. Write sentences containing the feminine form 
of (a) uncle (b) hero, (c) widower, (d) duke; the 
masculine form of (e) lass, (f) witch, (g) actress; 
the plural of (h) loaf, (i) valley, (A-) potato. 

64. Correct the following sentences and give the 
reason for each correction : 

a Poverty or misfortune have been his L)t. 

b When will I find you at home ? 

c He don't intend to return before night. 

d They that honor me I will honor. 

e This trick is very easy done. 

65. Give the case and government of each noun in 
the following sentence: The (a) man who is a true 
(b) lover of (c) virtue will always obey (d) duty's 
sternest (e) decree. 

66. Give the principal parts of (a) bring, (b) 
creep, (c) sink, (d) write, (e) take. 

67. Form words from the stems (a) cad, (b) due, 



178 LATER REGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 

(c) frang, (d) mult, (e) scrib, and write sentences 
in. which these words are properly used. 

68. Give the prefix and the stem from which each 
of the following words is formed, and the meaning 
of both prefix and stem: (a) concede, (&) suspend^ 
(c) object, (d) postpone, (e) perspire. 

69. Classify the following sentences as to form and 
as to use : 

a Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown. 

b Faithful are the wounds of a friend ; but the 

kisses of an enemy are deceitful. 
c Where are the brave who once upheld this. 

flag? 
d Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an, 

evil eye. 
e How wonderful is Death, 

Death, and his brother Sleep! 

70. Give the part of speech and the syntax of each- 
lettered word in the following sentences : 

The (a) harvest (&) truly is plenteous, but the. 

laborers are (c) few. 
This taunt (d) roused (e) him to reply. 

71. Define (a) proper noun, (6) interrogative pro- 
noun, (c) intransitive verb, (d) auxiliary verb, (e) 
prepositional phrase. Write sentences illustrating: 
each and underscore the illustrative words. 

72. Write a letter to a friend telling him how you 
spent your Christmas vacation. Pay special atten- 
tion to the form, punctuation and wording of this> 
letter. 

73. Write the first person singular of all the tenses 



LATER REGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 179 

of the indicative and potential modes of see, giving 
the names of the tenses. 

Y4-Y5. Write an essay of not less than 100 words 
on one of the following topics (taken from Haw- 
thorne's " Tanglewood tales ") paying special atten- 
tion to spelling, capitalization, punctuation, gi'am- 
niatic construction and proper use of words : " The 
conflict of Cadmus with the dragon ", " Proserpina 
in the palace of Pluto ". 

VI. March 25, 1896 

T6. Classify the following sentences as to use and 
as to form: 

a Thrice is he arm'd that hath his quarrel just. 
h Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right ? 
c Wealth may seek us but wisdom must be 

sought. 
d How fair the face of duty is ! 
e Blessed is the man that walketh not in the 
counsel of the ungodly. 
YY. Write the first person singular of all the tenses 
of the indicative and subjunctive modes of ride, giv- 
ing the names of the tenses. 

78. Write sentences containing the masculine sin- 
gular of (a) duck, (&) lass, (c) bride; the feminine 
plural of {d) count, (e) hero, (f) monk, {g) actor; 
the possessive plural of {h) dwarf, {%) lady, {h) 
mouse. 

79. Give the stem of each of the following words 
and the meaning of each stem: {a^ passionate, (&) 
numerous (c) frangible, {d) captive, (e) vocation. 



180 LATER REGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 

80. Form a word from each of the following stems : 
(a) loqu, (b) mort, (c) meter, (d) graph, (e) scrib. 
Write sentences in which the words given are cor- 
rectly used. 

81. Analyze by diagram or otherwise the follow- 
ing sentences : 

a Why should we not enjoy the beauties of na- 
ture about us ? 

b Though we seldom follow advice we are all 
ready to ask it. 

82. Give the case and government of each noun in 
the following sentence: (a) America's greatest (6) 
hope is the young (c)men who still have (d) faith 
in high (e) ideals. 

83. Correct the following sentences and give the- 
reason for each correction : 

a Grammar teaches us to speak proper. 
b She taught him and I to read. 
c To encourage virtuous actions are praise- 
worthy. 
d John don't know where to look for it. 
e Her father and her returned last night. 

84. Write a letter to your teacher telling him that 
you are taking a vacation on accou^it of ill health 
and expressing the hope that you will soon be able to 
return to school. Pay special attention to the forni, 
punctuation and wording of the letter. 

85. Give the principal parts of (a) freeze, (b) 
fly, (c) slay, (d) run, (e) tear. 

86. Write sentences containing (a) a substantive 
(noun) clause, (b) an infinitive phrase used as the 



LATER REGENTS EISTGMSH QUESTIONS 181 

subject, ((') a verb in the passive voice, (d) a rela- 
tive pronoun, (e) an appositive. Underscore the il- 
histrative words. 

87. Fill the blanks in the following with shall or 
will : 

a T do not know when [ return. 

h They not do it if I can prevent it. 

c When he return my new book ? 

Fill the blanks in the following with proper forms 
of sit or set : 

d James has not out the new apple trees. 

e Will you down for a few moments ? 

/ The hen was on six eggs. 

Fill the blanks in the following with proper forms 
of lie or lay : 

g Has the book here long ? 

h. I shall down for an hour. 

i He the book on the table. 

k He quite still all the morning. 

88. Give the meaning of the following abbrevia- 
tions: (a) A.M., (b) \hs., (c) C.O.D., (^ P-S., (e) 
Ph.B., (f) ult., (g) B.C. (h) Mo., (i) D.D., (k) 
M.C. 

89-90, Write an essay of not less than 100 words 
on one of the following topics (taken from Haw- 
thcn-ne's " Tan gle wood tales"), paying special at- 
tention to spelling, capitalization, punctuation, 
grammatic construction and proper use of words : 
" The capture of Proserpina " ; " Jason and the 
dragon's teeth ". 



182 LATER REGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 

VII. June IT, 1896 

91. Analyze by diagram or otherwise the follow- 
ing sentences: 

a He who conquers himself will be victor over 

every meaner foe. 
b You can not fail if you trust in your great 

commander. 

92. Conjugate strike in the present and imperfect 
(past) tenses of the indicative mode, active and pas- 
sive voice. 

93. Correct the following sentences and give the 
reason for each correction : 

a The boat sails very swift. 

b If you will visit him you shall find him hard 

at work. 
c This certainly ain't so. 
d I will be happy to accompany you. 
e James is the tallest of the two. 

94. Compare (a) bad, (6) ill, (c) fair, (d) gener- 
ous. Decline (e) 1, (/) he. 

95. Classify the following sentences as to use and 
as to form : 

a The quality of mercy is not strained ; 

It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven. 
b How blessings brighten as they take their 

flight! 
c The Lord judge between me and thee. 
d Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his 

way ? 
e Pools rush in where angels fear to tread. 



LATEE REGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 183 

9G. Form a word from each of the following stems : 
(a) apt, (6) clign, (c) mater, (d) scrib, (e) vid. 
Write sentences in which each of the words formed 
is properly used. 

97. Give the principal parts of (a) drive, (b) get, 
(c) know, (d) shake, (e) take. 

98. Give the case and government of each noun in 
the following sentence: The shining (a) star that 
rose above the (6) hill was (c) nature's (d) signal 
that she had declared a universal (e) peace. 

99. Write sentences containing (a) a participial 
phrase, (&) an infinitive phrase, (c) an adverbial 
clause, (d) an adjective clause, (e) a noun clause. 

100. Write sentences containing the possessive 
plural of (a) fox, (b) woman, (c) valley; the pos- 
sessive singular of the feminine of (d) lad, (e) hero, 
(f) duke, (g) actor; the possessive plural of the mas- 
culine of (h) aunt., (i) queen, (k) widow. 

101. Correct the following sentences and give the 
reason for each correction : 

a May Frank and me go for a walk ? 
b The flagstaff was broke yesterday. 
c He don't seem to do as well as he did last 

year. 
d Wasn't you very glad to hear such good 

news ? 
e Who do you think I saw yesterday ? 

102. Give the part of speech and the syntax of 
each lettered word in the follo"\ving sentence: Expe- 
rience is the (a) marvelous (b) fire (c) that (d) 
welds (e) our knowledge into use. 



184 LATER KEGEJSTTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 

103. Define (a) proper noun, (b) personal pro- 
noun, (c) transitive verb, (d) relative pronoun, (e) 
irregular verb. Write sentences illustrating each 
and underscore the illustrative words. 

104-5, Write an essay of not less than 100 words 
on one of the following topics (taken from Haw- 
thorne's " Tanglewood tales "), paying special atten- 
tion to spelling, capitalization, punctuation, gram- 
matic construction and proper use of words : " Her- 
cules and Antaeus " ; " Theseus and the Minotaur ". 

VIIL September 23, 1896 

106 Analyze by diagram or otherwise the follow- 
ing sentences : 

(a) One had banished himself forever from the 
old hall where his ancestors had lived for hundreds of 
years, (b) Among the passengers was John Win- 
throp, who had sold the estate of his forefathers, and 
was going to prepare a new home for his wife and 
children in the wilderness. 

107. Correct the following sentences and give the 
reason for each correction : 

(a) John may go but you must stay home. (5) 
I would be very much obliged to you if you would 
see to this, (c) I would hate to fail in this course. 

(d) He has tried the old and new method of cure. 

(e) A mystical arm, holding a sword, arose from the 
lake, and he rowed across and took it. (/") Slowly 
he brought out his sentences, pausing between each 
one. 

108. Write a brief letter to a friend asking him or 



LATER BEGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 185 

her to visit you and proposing some amusement or 
excursion which will make the visit pleasant. 

109. Give the principal parts of (a) sit, (&) set; 
(c) lay, (d) lie; (e) rise, (/) raise. 

Give in sentences two examples for sit, and two 
for set. No two examples should have the verb in 
the same tense, and one of the verbs should be 
passive. 

110. Give part of speech and syntax for each let- 
tered word in the following sentences with full pars- 
ing for was lolling: 

One (a) day the mighty Anteus (h) was lolling' at 
full length among his (c) little friends. Lastly, (d) 
there they were, sitting on the desolate shore of this 
very island, hungry and (e) downcast, (/) and (g) 
looking ruefully at the bare bones of the stag .(h) 
which they devoured (i) yesterday. 

111. Correct the following sentences but do not 
give reasons : 

(a) He neither reached this conclusion hastily nor 
willingly, (b) The house-dog laid outspread before 
the fire, (c) I did not think of him being arch- 
deacon, (d) Other people have them, I believe, as 
well as me. (e) Find out who that dress belongs 
to. (/") ISJ'obody ever put so much of themselves 
into their work, (g) With his natural qualities 
grew apace such wealth of knowledge, which sur- 
prised even his friends, (h) The government has 
not and will not enter into negotiations. (/,) Teach- 
ers like to have their pupils polite to each other. 
(k) He was flung like a cur in the mud. 



186 LATER REGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 

112. Give full parsing for each verb form in the 
following : 

(a) You must have seen him. (&) Do go 
quickly, (c) She has been crying for some time. 
(d) Thou shalt not steal, (e) Would he have 
come ? 

113. Write sentences containing the following: 
(a) Few as adjective and as indefinite pronoun. 

(h) The compound personal pronoun, feminine, 
third person, singular, (c) The ordinal of two. 
(d) Which as pronoun and as adjective, (e) That 
as demonstrative pronoun and as subordinate con- 
junction of purpose. 

114. Write the possessive plural of the following, 
and give for each the rule for forming the plural : (a) 
brother-in-law, (6) cargo, (c) fly, (d) child. 

Write the possessive singular for the feminine of 
the following: (a) duke, (&) hero. 

115. Distinguish between the following synonyms, 
give the meaning of the italicized words by deriva- 
tion, and use each word of the first two couples cor- 
rectly in a sentence: (a) circumstance, incident; (b) 
natural, normal; (c) fame, reputation; (d) liberty, 
license; (e) prepossession, prejudice. 

116. Write in a sentence the verb form that an- 
swers to the following: 

(a) The indicative, past perfect (pluperfect), 
third, singular of drink. (6) The subjunctive, pres- 
ent, third, singular of be. (c) The passive, poten- 
tial, present perfect, second, singular of strike, (d) 



LATER REGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 187 

The perfect participle of think, (e) The passive, 
present infinitive of give. 

117. Give the syntax for the lettered words in the 
following : 

She seemed a (a) queen. He worked one (b) 
hour. He was named (c) John, (d) John, come 
here. They called him a (e) hero. 

118. Distinguish with an example of each — (a) 
clause from sentence, (6) coordinate from subordi- 
nate, (c) complex sentence from compound, (d) de- 
scriptive adjective from limiting, (e) participle from 
adjective. 

119-20, Write an essay of not less than 100 words 
on one of the following topics, paying special atten- 
tion to spelling, capitalization, punctuation, gram- 
matic construction and proper use of words : 

(a) How Jason sowed the dragon's teeth, and 
what came of it (" Tanglewood tales "). (h) How 
Captain John Hull gave a dowry with his daughter 
(Grandfather's chair), (c) A household pet. (d) 
How I spent my holiday, 

IX. January 27, 1897 

121, Analyze by diagram or otherwise the follow- 
ing sentences : 

(a) While I lay musing on my pillow, I heard 
the sound of little feet pattering outside of the door, 
and a whispered consultation. (6) Master Simon 
had now to hurry off, having an appointment at the 
parish church with the village choristers, who were 
to perform some music of his selection. 



188 LATER EEGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 

122. Correct the following senteinces and give tlie 
reason for each correction: 

(a) She lives quite a long ways from the school, 
(6) It is one of the best books that has been written 
on the subject, (c) I found it harder than I thought 
it would have been, (d) Whom did you say it was 
that gave it to you ? (e) Can I have it after you are 
done with it? 

123. Reply to one of the following advertisements: 
a Wanted : A bright, active boy, to run errands, 

meet patients, and make himself generally useful 
about a physician's office. Must be reliable, and 
have a good grammar-school education, which im- 
plies that he writes and speaks good English. Reply 
by letter addressed to Doctor X, Hazard Block, Al- 
bany, X. Y. 

h Wanted: A neat, intelligent girl, to run er- 
rands, meet patients, and care for a dentist's office. 
Must be reliable, and have a good grammar-school 
education, which implies that she writes and speaks 
good English. Reply by letter addressed to Doctor 
Dens, Union Block, Albany, N. Y. 

124. (a) Give the principal parts of each of the 
following verbs: (a) wrought, (b) ought, (c) did, 
(d) quoth, (e) went. (/) What are the irregular- 
ities in these verbs? (&) Give the full comparison 
of (g) old, (h) next, (i) upmost, (h) last, (l) first. 

125. If such an incident did happen, Shirley, re- 
flecting what a ruin of peaceful and humble hopes 
had been wrought by the cold policy of the states- 



LATER REGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 189 

man and the iron hand of the warrior, might have 
drawn a deep moral from it. 

Parse in fnll (a) such, (b) did happen, (c) re^ 
fleeting, (d) what, (e) Shirley. (/) Give synopsis 
of had been wronght, in the third person singular in 
the mode here found, (g) Write a sentence with 
this verb in the same mode and tense but in the active 
voice. 

126. (a) Name the demonstrative pronouns. 
(h) How do they differ from one another in mean- 
ing? (c) Give all the participles of the verb draw. 

127. Correct the following sentences, but do not 
give reasons : 

(a) Thou hast protected us, and shall we not 
honor you? (b) I do not know that Mr. Hall and 
myself ever enjoyed anything more, (c) In the after- 
noon, the old gentleman proposed a walk to Vaux- 
hall, a place of which, he said, he had heard much, 
but had never seen it, (^) I did that lest he would 
suspect my object, (e) There are various ways of 
dressing a calve's head, (/) Their peculiar haunt, it 
is said, are the deep gorges of the mountain, (g) 
Where everybody can ride as soon as they are born, 
(h) Let you and I look at these, for they say there 
are none'such in the world, (i) A reward was offered 
to whomsoever would point out a practicable road, 
(/) ]N^o thing but expense and trouble have grown out 
of the business. 

128. (a) How are ordinals formed from cardi- 
nals ? (?>) What ordinals are not formed from the cor- 
responding cardinals ? 



190 LATER REGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 

129. (a) Give the rule for the use of the apostro- 
phe in men's, boys'. Write sentences containing (5) 
of as preposition and as adverb, (c) some as adjec- 
tive and as pronoun, (d) blind as adjective and as 
verb, (e) the as adjective and as adverb. 

130. Give all the infinitives and all the participles 
of the verb make. 

131. distinguish between the following synonyms 
and give by derivation the meaning of the lettered 
words: (a) animal, beast; (b) abject, mean; (c) por- 
tal, entrance; (d) part, fraction; (e) passive, quies- 
cent. 

132. Give an example of each of the following: 
(a) indefinite pronoun; (&) demonstrative pronoun j 
(c) imperative mode; (d) subjunctive mode ; (e) re- 
flexive verb, (f) impersonal verb; (g) participial 
phrase, (h) prepositional phrase; (^) progressive 
verb, (Jc) passive verb. Differentiate in your own 
language the members of each pair. 

133. Give the possessive singular, the nominative 
plural, and the possessive plural of (a) thief, (&) 
reef, (c) valley, (d) phenomenon, (e) genius. 

134-5. Write an essay of not less than 100 words 
on one of the following topics from " Grandfather's 
chair " — paying special attention to spelling, capi- 
talization, punctuation, grammatic construction, 
proper use of words and sentence structure: (a) A 
day in Master Cheever's school-room [ISTote — Write 
as if you had visited the school], (b) Grandfather's 
little hearers, and how they liked his stories. 



LATEK KEGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 191 

Z. March 2^ 1897 

136. Analyze by diagram or otherwise tlie follow- 
ing sentence : Following these tracks with his eye, he 
saw that they formed a beaten path toward the water- 
side. 

137. Give the part of speech and the government 
of the lettered words in the following sentence: 
Here comes a (a) hunter out of the (&) woods, (c) 
dragging a bear (d) which he has shot, and shouting 
to the neighbors to lend (e) him a hand. 

138. Conjugate were going in the past (imperfect) 
indicative; in the past (imperfect) subjunctive. 

139. Write the meaning of each of the following 
abbreviations: (a) LL. D., (&) D. D., (c) Ph. D., 
(d) B. A., (e) C. E., (f) C. O. D. (g) M. C, (h) 
A. D., (0 K B., (Tc) Esq. 

140. A cousin has written inquiring about a dog, 
cat, or other pet. Keply to the letter somewhat in 
detail. 

141. Correct the following sentences and give the 
reason for each correction : 

(a) The board is now in session, but they are not 
likely to take action concerning the matter, (b) 
Grant's and Allen's store was burned, (c) We have 
done many things that we hadn't ought to have done 
and left undone many things that we ought to do, 
(d) He don't know who did it, (e) The stream has 
overflown the meadows. 

142. Write sentences containing the following: 
(a) a defective verb, (h) a demonstrative pronoun, 



192 LATEK KEGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 

(c) a participial phrase, (d) a compound personal 
pronoun, (e) a predicate nominative. 

143. Make one sentence of the following: The frog 
was put on the grass. This was near the pond. It 
made one great leap. It was in the pond in a mo- 
ment. 

144. (a) Give the perfect infinitive of hear. (&) 
Give the present perfect (perfect), potential, active, 
third, plural of give, (c) Give the future perfect, 
indicative, active, first, singular of love. Parse the 
verbs in the following sentences : (d) The basket was 
set on the floor. (e) Come quickly. 

145. Write a sentence containing (a) an adjective 
clause, (&) a noun clause, (c) an adverbial clause. 

(d) Write a sentence containing a verb in the active. 

(e) Change the sentence last written so that the verb 
will be in the passive. 

146. Either tell how one word in each of the fol- 
lowing pairs differs in meaning from the other or 
give by derivation the meaning of the first word of 
each pair: (a) notify, announce; (6) induce, con- 
vince; (c) accident, incident; (d) select, choose; (e) 
admonish, reprove. 

14Y. Write all the participles and infinitives of 
the verb drink. 

148. (a) Supply in the following sentence a par- 
ticipial phrase modifying girl : The girl ... sat by 
the road. (&) Supply in the following sentence an 
adverbial clause modifying went: He went . . . 
Write (c) a sentence containing like; (d) a sentence 



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containing as. In these sentences what part of 
speech is (e) like? is (/) as? 

149-50. Write an essay of not less than 100 words 
•on one of the following topics from " Grandfather's 
chair " — paying special attention to spelling, capi- 
talization, punctuation, grammatic construction, 
proper use of words and sentence structure: (a) 
Charley. [Note — Write about his appearance, his 
behavior, his interest in Grandfather's stories.] (6) 
The return and welcome of the troops after the sur- 
render of Louisburg. [l^ote — Hawthorne tells us 
how the troops assembled in Boston for the expedi- 
tion against Louisburg. Describe, as you imagine 
it took place, their return and welcome after the sur- 
render of Louisburg.] 

XI. June 16, 1897 

151. Analyze by diagram or otherwise the follow- 
ing sentence : They offered him a large sum of money 
if he would but give up that twentieth shilling which 
he was continually dropping into his own pocket. 

152. Correct the following sentences and give the 
reason for each correction : 

(a) I will be ten years old next Monday. (6) 
She does not like those kind of piano, (c) I think 
that her two son-in-laws might support her. (d) 
This is a later edition than your's. (e) Was you at 
school the day it happened ? 

153. Give, with meaning, the stem and the suffix 
in each of the following words: (a) pendent, (5) 
portable, (c) captor, (d) junction, (e) frangible. 



194 LATER KE,GENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 

154. Write a letter to a friend, giving in some de- 
tail your plans for the first month of vacation. 

155. Give the plural of each of the following: (ai)' 
genus, (&) genius, (c) man-servant, (d) cupful, (e) 
myself, (/) attorney-general, (g) penny, (h) zerOy 
(i) staff, (h) valley. 

156. Write a synopsis (one form for each tense) 
of see in the indicative and potential, active, firsty 
singular, giving the names of the tenses. 

157. (a) Give tJie indicative, active, past perfect 
(pluperfect), third, singular of ride. (&) Give the 
indicative, passive, past perfect (pluperfect), third, 
singular of ride, (c) Give the passive infinitives of 
ride. 

Or 
(d) Give the indicative, progressive, past perfect 
(pluperfect), third, singular of ride, (e) Give the- 
emphatic, past (imperfect), third, singular of ride. 
(/) How do the infinitives of the progressive form 
differ from the passive infinitives ? 

158. Make one sentence of the following: We 
ought to prepare for another world. We have du- 
ties in this life. In doing the former, we must not 
neglect the latter. 

159. (a) Decline in singular and plural the fem- 
inine of the personal pronoun, third person, (b) 
When should my be used ? when mine ? Write sen- 
tences containing (c) my, (d) mine. 

160. Write sentences containing examples of the 
following: (a) subordinate conjunction, (6) auxil- 



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iary verb, (c) ordinal adjective, (d) collective noun, 
(e) interrogative adjective. 

161. Either tell liovi? one word in each of the fol- 
lowing pairs differs in meaning from the other or 
give by derivation the meaning of the first word of 
each pair: (a) gradual, slow; (6) petition, request; 
(c) inscribe, describe; (d) ocular (evidence), hear- 
say (evidence) ; (e) expire, respire. 

162. Write a note introducing a schoolmate to a 
woman of your acquaintance in a neighboring town. 

163. Write {a) a complex sentence containing an 
adverbial clause: (6) a sentence containing a noun 
clause used as subject; (c) a sentence containing an 
infinitive phrase; (d) a compound declarative sen- 
tence; (e) a sentence containing a participial phrase 
in the predicate. 

164-5. Write an essay of not less than 100 words 
on one of the following topics from " Grandfather's 
chair " — paying special attention to spelling, capi- 
talization, punctuation, grammatic construction, 
proper use of words and sentence structure : 

(a) How William Phips became Sir William 
Phips and built " a fair brick house " in the Green 
Lane of Boston, (6) How Lieutenant-Governor 
Hutchinson ran away from the mob, (c) The gentle 
Lady Arbella. 

XII. September 29, 1897 

166. Analyze by diagram or otherwise the follow- 
ing sentence : Perceiving that grandfather's chair 
was empty, puss laid herself on the cushion. 



196 LATER KEGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 

167. Give the case and government of each noun 
in the following sentence: (a) America's greatest 
(&) hope is the young (c) men who still have {d} 
faith in high (e) ideals. 

168. State how the lettered words in each of the 
following pairs of sentences differ in meaning: 

I (a) shall go, I (b) will go; I (c) may go, I 
(d) can go; He (e) would go, He (/) should go; 
(g) Who will go ? (h) Which will go? (i) This book 
is new, (k) That book is new. 

169. Write the meaning of the following abbrevi- 
ations : viz., (a) A. M., (&) P. S., (c) Messrs., (d) 
ult., (e) Ph. B., (/) M. C, (g) i. e., (h) C. O. D., 
(i) M. D. 

170. Write a letter to a friend giving an account 
of some holiday excursion that you have made during 
the past summer. 

171. Correct the following sentences and give the 
reason for each correction : 

a He had ought to go, but will not. 
h Who is that girl setting near the window ? 
c The older of the two is about as tall as me. 
d Mr Jones has took his children to the city. 
e I am as old as her. 

172. Write sentences containing (a) a relative 
pronoun in the objective case, (6) a verb in the im- 
perative mode, (c) the possessive plural of pony, 
(d) whoiu as an interrogative pronoun, (e) whom as 
a relative pronoun. 

173. Give the principal parts of (a) break, (6) 
freeze, (c) throw, (d) set, (e) slay. 



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I 

174. Define (a) coordinate conjunction, (6) in- 
transitive verb, (c) numeral adjective, (d) auxiliary 
verb, (e) clause. Write sentences illustrating each 
and underscore the illustrative words. 

175. Write a note declining an invitation to din- 
ner, giving your reason for declining, and express- 
ing regret. Pay special attention to form and lan- 
guage. 

176. Form words from the stems (a) curr, (b) 
loc, (c) lect, (d) loqu, (e) due, and write sentences 
in which these words are properly used. 

177. Write sentences containing (a) an adjective 
clause, (b) a present passive infinitive, (c) a noun 
clause used as object, (d) a past participle, (e) a 
perfect active infinitive. 

178. Conjugate set in the present and imperfect 
(past) tense of the indicative mode, active and pas- 
sive voices. 

179-80. Write an essay of not less than 100 words 
on one of the following topics — paying special at- 
tention to spelling, capitalization, punctuation, gram- 
matic construction, proper use of words, and sen- 
tence structure: 

(a) The tea party in Boston harbor (" Grand- 
father's chair"), (b) The pine tree shillings 
("Grandfather's chair"), (c) Two keepsakes and 
what they mean to me, (d) The fourth of July, from 
the small boy's point of view. 



198 LATEE EEGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 



XIII. January 26, 1898 

181. Analyze by diagram or otlierwise the follow- 
ing sentence : The veteran regiments of tlie English 
army which were now sent across the Atlantic would 
have scorned to fight under the orders of an old 
American merchant. 

182. In the following sentence parse (a) laid, (&) 
herself; give the part of speech and syntax of (c) 
Perceiving, {d) empty, (e) quietly: Perceiving 
that grandfather's chair was empty, puss laid herself 
quietly down upon the cushion. 

183. Conjugate see in the present indicative pas- 
sive ; in the past (imperfect) subjunctive passive. 

184. Write the meaning of each of the following 
abbreviations: (a) D. D., (6) inst., (c) e. g., {cL) 
P. C, (e) lbs., (/) vs., {g) etc., {h) pwt., {%) Kev., 
Qc) obs. 

185. Form a word from each of the following 
stems: (a) diet, (&) ced, (c) mult, {d) due, (e) 
spec. Write sentences in which the words formed 
are correctly used. 

186. Correct the following sentences and give the 
reason for each correction : 

a Here is the egg that was lain by the speckled 

hen. 
h Mother will not let me go without it stops 

raining. 
c Come in and set awhile, neighbor. 
^ He don't know who it is. 



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e The oldest daughter married a banker whom 
they say is very weahhy. 

187. Write sentences containing (a) a proper noun 
used as the object of an infinitive, (&) the compara- 
tive of ill, (c) the compound personal pronoun in the 
third person plural, (d) an infinitive used as the ob- 
ject of a verb, (e) a subordinate conjunction. 

188. Make a complex sentence of the following: 

I pursued my walk. I pursued it to a door. The 
door was arched. It opened. It opened on the in- 
terior of the abbey. 

180. (a) What parts of a verb are principal parts, 
and why are they so named ? (b) How are the prin- 
cipal parts of a regular (weak) verb formed ? Give 
an example. 

190. Write a note accepting an, invitation to a 
party. 

191. Either tell how the words in each of the fol- 
lowing pairs differ in meaning or give by derivation 
the meaning of the first word of each pair: (a) by 
imanimous consent, by general consent; (b) elected, 
appointed; (c) occurrence, event; (d) dislocate, dis- 
place; (e) accept, except. 

192. Give of the verb seek (a) the perfect passive 
participle, (&) the present progressive participle, (c) 
the past participle, (d) the perfect active infinitive, 
(e) the present passive infinitive. 

193. In the following sentence change (a) the 
participial phrase into an adjective clause, (&) the 
infinitive phrase into a noun clause, (c) the prep- 
ositional phrase into an adverbial clause : The boy, 



200 LATER KEGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 

seeing the bear, thought to shoot him, but trembled 
so from fright that he could not take aim. 

Write in the passive in two ways the sentence, I 
asked him a question, changing in each case the sub- 
ject but not the meaning of the sentence. 

194-5, Write an essay of not less than 100 words 
on one of the following topics from " Wonder book ", 
" Birds and bees ", or " A-hunting of the deer " — . 
paying special attention to spelling, capitalization, 
punctuation, grammatic construction, proper use of 
words and sentence structure: 

(a) How Bellerophon tamed Pegasus, (b) How 
Hope came into the world, (c) Some birds that I 
know [Describe some interesting things about these 
birds], (d) How the doe saved her fawn. 

XIV. March 2h 1898 

196. Analyze by diagram or otherwise the follow- 
ing sentence: As I was laboring up the side of a 
mountain at the head of a valley, the noble bird 
sprang from the top of a dry tree above me and came 
sailing directly over my head. 

197. (a) Parse was laboring (question 1). (6) 
Give the principal parts of sprang (question 1), with 
the name of each part, (c) State why these parts are 
called principal parts, {d) Give an example of each 
method of comparison of adjectives. 

198. Write a letter to a schoolmate recounting one 
or more incidents that occurred during the holiday 
vacation. 

199. Write the synopsis (one form for each tense) 



LATER REGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 201 

of the verb bear in the indicative, active, third, 
phiral, giving the names of the tenses. 

200. Correct the following sentences and give the 
reason for each correction : 

a There were five potatos in the basket. 
b Take them books off the table. 
c When did you come ? I come yesterday. 
d My book is much larger than your's. 
6 Yes, every one may go as soon as they have 
learned their lesson. 

201. Make one sentence of the following: 

The boy carried the gull to the hotel. The boy 
had found the gull on the beach. The gull had a 
broken wing. At this hotel the boy's parents were 
boarding. 

202. Conjugate (give the three persons, singular 
and plural) the verb sing in the emphatic form of 
the past (imperfect) tense. 

203. Give the principal parts of (a) sit, (b) set, 
(c) lay, (d) lie. (e) Write the first, singular, future 
and future perfect, indicative of one of these verbs. 

201. Writ© sentences containing the following: 
(a) a compound relative pronoun, (b) that as rela- 
tive pronoun and as subordinate conjunction, (c) 
many as adjective and as noun (pronoun), (d) since 
as conjunction and as preposition, (e) when intro- 
ducing an adjective clause, (/) when introducing an 
adverbial clause. 

205. Either tell how one word in each of the fol- 
lowing pairs differs in meaning from the other or 
give by derivation the meaning of the first word of 



202 LATER REGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 

each pair: (a) emigration, immigration; (6) part, 
portion; (c) remit, refer; (d) matricide, homicide; 
(e) prescribe, proscribe. 

206. Mention the relative pronouns and show how 
they differ from one another either in meaning or in 
use. 

207. Suppose that you are recovering from illness 
and wish a call from a schoolmate. Write a note to 
a schoolmate, requesting a call and stating the time 
most convenient for you. 

208. Give, with meaning, the stem and suffix or 
prefix of each of the following words, and use each 
word properly in a sentence: (a) magnify, (&) 
porter, (c) reject, (d) subscribe, (e) contact. 

209-10. Write an essay of not less than 100 words 
on one of the following topics, paying special atten- 
tion to spelling, capitalization, punctuation, gram- 
matic construction and proper use of words : 

(a) My hunt for a bird's nest [If you have ever 
found a bird's nest after a long hunt, describe the 
search; if not, sketch Burrough's search for the nest 
of a bobolink], (6) The bee's troubles [Either let 
the bee tell his troubles to a bee from another hive 
or describe them yourself as one who sees the bee in 
Tiis difficulties], (c) A bad bargain [How Hercules 
made a bargain with the giant Atlas, and what came 
of it], (d) Gold or Mary^old [How King Midas 
wished for gold and obtained his wish but lost his 
•daughter] . 



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XV. June 15, 1898 

211. Analyze by diagram or otherwise the follow- 
ing sentence : 

When he told them the adventure which Persons 
had undertaken, they made no difficulty about giving 
him the valuable articles that were in their custody. 

212. In the following sentence give the part of 
speech of each lettered word, (/) parse are, {g) de- 
cline them, (/t) compare little: 

(a) Winged slippers, and all (&) such high-flying 
contrivances, are (c) seldom quite (J) easy to man- 
age till (e) one grows a little accustomed to them. 

213. Write sentences containing the following: 
(rr) predicate adjective, (6) noun clause, (c) definite 
article, {d) auxiliary verb, (e) cardinal numeral ad- 
jective. 

214. Give all the infinitives and all the participles 
of the verb speak. 

215. Write the possessive singular, the nominative 
plural and the possessive plural of (a) lady, (6) 
hero, (c) radius, {d) cargo, (e) man. 

216. Write a letter to an acquaintance, recom- 
mending a schoolmate who wishes to secure employ- 
ment for the summer. 

21Y. Write the meaning of each of the following 
abbreviations: (a) ibid., (6) MS., (c) Mo., {d) 
prox., (e) ult, (/) LL. B., {g) obs., (h) N. B., {i} 
P. O., {h) Anon. 

218. Correct the following sentences, but do not 
give reasons : 



204 LATER BEGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 

(a) Be virtuous and you would be happy, (&) I 
knew him since boyhood, (c) Where did you say 
Pike's peak was ? (c?) I expected that they should 
accept the proposal, (e) Can I come to see you when- 
ever I can find time ? (/) She could not get her 
bread to raise, (g) Who did you see at the village ? 
(h) You play the violin better than her, (i) Our 
friends and us are going out to-night, (;') Let John 
and I go to the ball game. 

219. Make one sentence of the following: We 
drove through the great gateway. It was the gate- 
way of the inn. On one side I saw a light. It was 
the light of a rousing kitchen fire. The fire was 
beaming through the window. 

220. Write sentences illustrating the use of one 
word derived from each of the following stems, and 
give the meaning of each prefix or suffix used : (a) 
junct, (b) magn, (c) sequ, (d) mot, (e) cam. 

221. Write (a) the present perfect (perfect) in- 
dicative, active, third singular of see, (h) the future 
perfect, indicative, active, third plural of shrink, (c) 
the past (imperfect), potential, passive, third singu- 
lar of give, (d) the past (imperfect) subjunctive, 
active, third plural of lie (to recline), (e) the per- 
fect progressive participle of ring. 

222. Give the part of speech of that in each of the 
following sentences, and parse that when used as 
pronoun or adjective : (a) I asked that he might go, 
(b) I asked that boy to go, (c) I asked the boy that 
stood by the stove, (d) 1 asked that as a favor, (e) 
I asked him to go that I might hear quickly. 



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223. You owe Mr. Smith wages. Mr. Smith, 
knowing that you have an account with Mr. Jones 
who owns a wood yard, requests of you an order on 
Mr. Jones for five cords of hard maple. Write the 
order. 

224-5. Write an essay of not less than 100 words 
on one of the following topics, paying special atten- 
tion to spelling, capitalization, punctuation, grajn- 
matic construction, proper use of words and sentence 
structure [Essays on subjects other than those as- 
signed will not be accepted] : 

(a) The visit of Perseus to the three gray women, 
(h) How Baucis entertained the strangers, (c) The 
human foes of the birds [Tell how collectors, milli- 
ners, etc. are foes of the birds], (d) What the home 
bee thought of the robber bee [Describe the destruc- 
tion of the home in the tree, the thoughts of the home 
bee, the coming of the robber bee, the opinion that 
the home bee had of the robber bee]. 

XVI. September 28, 1898 

226. Analyze by diagram or otherwise the follow- 
ing sentence : The bark of a dog when he encounters 
a snake is different from that which he gives out on 
any other occasion. 

227. Parse from the following sentence (a) com- 
panion, (&) child, (c) fawn, {d) was beginning, (e) 
which : The sole companion of the doe was her only 
child, a charming little fawn, whose brown coat was 
just beginning to be mottled with the beautiful spots 



206 LATEE REGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 

which make this young creature as lovely as the 
gazelle. 

228. Assume that you have been spending two 
weeks with a friend at a distance from your home. 
"Write a letter to some member of the family who is 
at home. 

229. Write the third person, singular number of 
the following forms of the verb do: (a) active, in- 
dicative, past (imperfect), (6) passive, indicative, 
past (imperfect), (c) emphatic, indicative, past (im- 
perfect), (d) progressive, indicative, past (imper- 
fect), (e) active, potential, past (imperfect). 

230. Give five rules for forming the plural of 
nouns. Illustrate each rule by an example. 

231. Correct the following sentences and give the 
reason for each correction : 

(a) Was it her that was talking in the next room ? 
(6) I see them most every day, (c) He hadn't ought 
to have told her about it, (d) You can keep this let- 
ter and show it to whoever you like, (e) I wouldn't 
have acted like you did for twice the money. 

232. Make of the following a complex sentence 
with one subordinate clause : 

The barber slipped on his clothes. He stole forth 
silently. He followed the water-carrier at a dis- 
tance. He saw him dig a hole. This hole was in 
the sandy bank of the canal. 

233. Define and give an example of each of the 
following: (a) complex sentence, (&) compound 
sentence, (c) adverbial phrase, (d) noun clause, (e) 
participial phrase. 



LATER REGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 207 

234. Give the full comparison of (a) old, (6) 
next, (c) upmost, (d) last, (e) first. 

235. Give, with meaning, the stem and suffix or 
prefix of each of the following words, and use each 
word properly in a sentence: (a) obloquy, (b) edict, 
(c) predict, (d) accede, (e) occur. 

236. Write in sentences and underline the words 
that will satisfy the following parsing: (a) a per- 
sonal pronoun, first, singular, objective, indirect ob- 
ject of the verb give, (b) the past perfect (pluper- 
fect) j potential active, third, singular of the verb see, 
(c) the indefinite pronominal adjective some, (d) 
the objective, plural of man-servant, (e) the future 
perfect, indicative active, third, singular of the verb 
rise. 

237. Write over each word in the following sen- 
tence the abbreviation for the part of speech : You 
would have had a companion-picture, if you had seen, 
as I saw that morning, a baby kicking about among 
the dry pine-needles on a ledge above the Au Sable. 

238. You have borrowed $100. You agree to re- 
pay the loan in one year, to pay the interest semi- 
annually, to pay six per cent, to pay the interest and 
the principal at the home of the lender. Draw the 
note for $100, stating in it the points of agreement 
given above, including the home address of the 
lender. 

239-40. Write an essay of not less than 100 words 
on one of the following topics — paying special at- 
tention to spelling, capitalization, punctuation, gram- 
matic construction, proper use of words and sentence 



208 LATER REGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 

structure [Essays on subjects other than those as- 
signed will not be accepted] : 

(a) An incident of war time, (&) A difference of 
opinion [Describe a dispute between beasts, birds or 
boys]. 

XVII, January 25, 1899 

241. Analyze by diagram or otherwise the follow- 
ing sentence : 

On lifting up the leaf I discovered that a hairy 
spider was ambushed there and had the bee by the 
throat. 

242. Compare (a) long, (&) most, (c) best, (d) 
worst, (e) valuable, giving the name of the degree 
with each form. 

243. Write sentences containing the following: 
(a) the possessive plural of woman, girl, (&) the 
relative pronoun whom, (c) the interrogative pro- 
noun whom, (d) two demonstrative pronouns in the 
plural number, (e) the two plurals of brother and 
cloth, stating the meaning of each plural form. 

244. Write a letter (not a note) to your father 
who has been away from home for two weeks. Give 
items of home, school and town news. 

245. Give of the verb try (a) the present perfect 
(perfect) active infinitive, (h) the emphatic, active, 
indicative, present, third, singular, (c) the passive, 
indicative, future, third, singular, (d) the active, in- 
dicative, future perfect, first, plural, (e) the past 
participle. 

246. Correct the following sentences and give the 



LATER REGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 209 

principal parts of each lettered verb: Go and (a) 
lay down, Some valuable land was (b) overflown, A 
little later the clonds (c) begun to gather, The water 
1 (d) drunk there made me ill, I was very tired be- 
cause I had (e) swam a long distance. 

247. Make one compound sentence of the follow- 
ing: Several crows are walking about. They are 
walking about a wheat-field. The wheatrfield is new- 
ly sown. We are passing through this wheat-field. 
We pause to note the graceful movements of the 
<?rows. We pause to notice their glossy coats. 

248. Correct the following sentences and give the 
reason for each correction: (a) "Birds and bees" 
were written by Burroughs, (&) Has everybody 
solved their examples? (c) We were comparing 
Caesar and N^apoleon's victories, (d) He don't be- 
lieve that the Oregon is our best battleship, (e) Your 
4s look like 7s. 

249. Form one word from each of the following 
«tems and use each word correctly in a sentence: (a) 
migr, (6) graph, (c) viv, (d) plic, (e) loc. 

250. Change (a) the participial phrase to an ad- 
verbial clause, (b) the infinitive phrase to a noun 
clause in The deer, entering the woods, thought to 
escape. 

(c) Change the relative clause to a prepositional 
phrase in The man who is without friends is to be 
pitied. 

251. Write a formal note in your mother's name, 
inviting your teacher to take tea at your home. 
Mention the day and hour. 



210 LATER EEGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 

252. Write the third person singular of the verb 
ride in each tense of the progressive, active indica- 
tive. 

253. Give the different classes of pronouns with, 
an example, of each class. 

254-5. Write an essay of not less than 100 words 
on one of the following topics, paying special atten- 
tion to spelling, capitalization, punctuation, gram- 
matic construction, proper use of words and sentence 
structure [Essays on subjects other than those as- 
signed will not be accepted] : (a) The night-camp 
of the exiles [Suppose yourself an Englishman who' 
remained on shore and afterward wrote an account 
of the night-camp before Evangeline embarked], (&) 
The meeting at the house of Basil the herdsman 
[Give an account of the evening spent by Evange- 
line's party with the Acadian planters at Basil's 
home in the south], (c) Can a snake charm a bird 
[Either give an account of what Burroughs says. 
about it, with your opinion of what happened if you 
do not believe a snake can charm a bird, or give an 
instance that you have seen or one of which you have^ 
heard] ? {d) The honey-bee's opinion of the humble- 
bee [You may suppose, if you wish, that the hive has 
been broken open and that the honey-bee is sitting 
near and watching the humble-bees rob him of the 
honey that is left]. 

XYIII. March 30, 1899 

256. Analyze by diagram or otherwise the follow- 
ing sentence: Fastening my eye on a particular 



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meadow-lily, I walked to the spot, and gazed intently 
into the grass. 

257. Write the feminine of (a) lord, (b) earl, (c) 
tiger; the possessive singular of (d) enemy, (e) 
sheep, (/) son-in-law; the possessive plural of (g) 
knife, (h) child, (i) mouse, (k) Englishman. 

258. Write the past (imperfect) and the past per- 
fect (pluperfect) indicative, active, first singular of 
each of the following verbs : (a) see, (b) lay, (c) do, 
(d) go, (e) bring. 

259. Write a note of thanks for a present that you 
have received, stating why you are specially pleased 
with it, 

260. Write sentences containing (a) a collective 
noun, (&) a compound personal pronoun, (c) a past 
(perfect) participle modifying a noun, (d) an ad- 
verb of time, (e) an infinitive phrase. 

261. Correct the following sentences and give the 
reason for each correction : (a) His failure lays in 
himself, (b) Which seat is the best, this seat or that 
seat, (c) The rose smells sweetly, (d) Whom did you 
say it was? (e) This is between you and I, 

262. Combine the following sentences into a single 
sentence that shall contain two participial phrases : 
The fawn had taken his morning meal. He lay 
curled upon a bed of moss. He watched his mother. 
He watched her with his large, soft brown eyes. 

263. State the difference between (a) a phrase 
and a clause, (b) a transitive and an intransitive 
verb, (c) a subordinate and a coordinate conjunction, 



212 LATER REGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 

(d) a compound and a complex sentence, (e) a per- 
sonal and a relative pronoun. 

264. Give the part of speech and the syntax of 
each lettered word in the following sentence : After 
(a) running at a high (&) speed perhaps half a mile 
farther, it (c) occurred to her (d) that it would be 
safe (e) now to turn to the west. 

265. Give (a) the active and passive participles 
of heao\ (&) the active and passive infinitives of hear. 

266. State how to form (a) the emphatic form of 
a verb, (6) the progressive form of a verb, (c) the 
passive voice of a verb. Give (a) the emphatic, 
present, third singular of take, (&) the progressive, 
present, active, indicative, third singular of ta]c&. 

267. In the following sentences state which of the 
two italicized words is correct, and give the reason 
in each case: 

a ISTeither John nor James (have, has) written 

this letter. 
b Every pupil in the school must bring (his^ 

their) books. 
c That man passes our house (most, almost) 

every day. 
d The recipe calls for two (cups full, cupfuls) 

of sugar. 
e I did not ask to see (that, those) kind of 

cattle. 

268. Form a word from each of the following 
stems: (a) cent, (&) vid, (c) capt, (d) mitt, (e) 
dign. Write sentences in which the words formed 
are correctly used. 



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269-70. Write an essay of at least 100 words on 
one of the following topics, paying special attention 
to spelling, capitalization, punctuation, gramniatic 
construction, proper use of words and sentence struc- 
ture [Essays on subjects other than those assigned 
will not be accepted] : 

(a) Evangeline's story [When they finally meet, 
let Evangeline tell Gabriel of her wanderings], (h) 
The childhood of Evangeline and Gabriel [Let a 
grandmother who was exiled tell to a little boy the 
story of the childhood of Evangeline and Gabriel, 
as she remembers it], (c) An empty bird's nest [You 
have found an empty nest. Explain the sudden dis- 
appearance of the birds, either by telling what you 
think happened or by giving an incident from 
'Tragedies of the nests'], (d) A deer-hunt [De- 
scribe a deer-hunt in the Adirondacks. Write as 
though you had taken part in it]. 

XIX. June IJ^, 1899 

271. Analyze by diagram or otherwise the follow- 
ing sentence : On looking up I saw a cat-bird 
perched on the rim of the nest, hastily devouring the 
eggs. 

272. Compare, giving every form, the adjectives 
(a) late, (b) old. Write the positive of the adverbs 
(c) most, (d) best. 

273. Write the principal parts of each of the fol- 
lowing verbs: (a) fall, (6) cry, (c) throw, (d) for- 
get, (e) lie (recline). 

274. You have been invited by a friend to spend 



214 LATER REGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 

your summer vacation at liis home. Write a note 
thanking him but declining the invitation. Give 
reasons for declining. 

275. Correct the following sentences and give the 
reason for each correction : (a) Let you and I go on 
the excursion, (6) Either of the two sentences are 
correct, (c) We did not think that it could be him, 

(d) Neither he or his brother went out yesterday, 

(e) They that try to help themselves I will help. 

276. Make one complex sentence of the following: 
There were tender-hearted people in the valley. 
They would have spared the deer's life. They would 
have shut her up in a stable. They would have 
petted her. 

277. State what is meant by each of the follow- 
ing: (cti) abstract noun, (&) proper adjective, (c) 
subordinate conjunction (d) adjective phrase, (e) 
adverbial clause. 

278. In the sentence, Charles spent the money 
that his father gave him, parse (a.) Charles, (&) 
gave, give the part of speech and syntax of (c) that, 
(d) him. 

279. Write (a) a simple declarative sentence con- 
taining an infinitive phrase, (&) a compound im- 
perative sentence containng an adverb of manner, 
(c) a complex interrogative sentence containing an 
adjective clause. 

280. (a) Write the third person singular of each 
of the tenses of the indicative, active of writer, giving 
the names of the tenses. (6) Give the active and 
passive infinitives of write. 



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281. In the following sentences (a) change the 
adverb to a prepositional phrase : The weasel climbs 
trees and explores them easily ', (h) change the active 
to the passive voice: A screech-owl had thrust its 
claw into a cavity in a tree; (c) change the passive 
to the active voice : The life of birds is beset with 
dangers. 

282. Give the following forms of the verb teach : 
(a) the present passive participle, (&) the emphatic, 
past, first plural, (c) the progressive, past, active, 
indicative, first plural, (d) the past, passive, indica- 
tive, first plural, (e) the interrogative, future, active, 
indicative, first plural. 

283. Give words containing the following suffixes : 
(a) dom, (b) ent, (c) fy, (d) ish, (e) some. Write 
sentences in which the words formed are correctly 
used. 

284-5. Write an essay of at least 100 words on 
one of the following topics, paying special attention 
to spelling, capitalization, punctuation, grammatic 
construction, proper use of words and sentence struc- 
ture [Essays on subjects other than those assigned 
will not be accepted] : 

(a) An evening at Benedict Bellefontaine's [Let 
Gabriel, in after years, describe the evening when the 
marriage contract was signed], (5) His Majesty's 
orders [Let an outsider describe the scene in the 
church when the commander announced that the 
Acadians should be banished], (c) The delights of 
bee-hunting [Describe the bee-hunt as one who has 
taken part in it], (d) A morning's excitement [De- 



216 LATER KEGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 

scribe, as one of tlie boarders, the effect on a moun-- 
tain village of the sudden appearance of a deer]. 

XX. September 27, 1899 

286. Analyze by diagram or otherwise the follow- 
ing sentence: The deer-slayers have somewhat cele- 
brated their exploits in print; but I think that jus- 
tice has never been done them. 

287. Write the plural of (a) toothbrush, (&) so- 
liloquy, (c) basis, the possessive, singular and plural, 
of (d) lady, (e) wife, the comparative of (/) ill, 
(g) many, (h) little. 

288. Assume that you have spent your vacation at 
the home of a friend. Write a note, thanking her 
for her entertainment and mentioning incidents that 
you specially enjoyed. 

289. Correct the following sentences and give the 
reason for each correction : a) The boy don't know 
where his lesson is, b) Who do you think I saw yes- 
terday? c) Which of all these books is the better? 
d) ISTo one knows it except you and I, e) This store 
is different than the one I saw here last year. 

290. Write the third person singular of each of 
the tenses of the indicative passive and the potential 
passive of teach, giving the names of the tenses. 

291. Give the case and government of each lettered 
noun in the following: (a) John Ericsson, the (6) 
inventor of the screw propeller, had completed his 
(c) invention of the turret ship; and a few hours 
after the (d) Merrimac's (e) victory the first vessel 



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of this class, the famous Monitor, appeared in Hamp- 
ton Roads. 

292. Write the principal parts of (a) go, (b) take, 
(c) see, (d) come, (e) know. 

293. Parse the lettered words in the following 
sentence: These little paths are (a) full of pitfalls 
(6) among the roots and stones; and nimble as the 
deer is, he (c) sometimes breaks (d) one of (e) 
his slender legs in them. 

294. Write sentences containing a) an abstract 
noun, h) an infinitive phrase used as the subject, c) 
an ordinal adjective, d) a compound relative pro- 
noun, e) a compound personal pronoun in the objec- 
tive case. 

295. Make one sentence of the following, chang- 
ing the first statement to an adverbial clause, and the 
last statement to an adjective clause: We turned 
from the main road. We came in sight of a cottage. 
The cottage was brown. The cottage stood on a hill. 
The hill was a mile distant. 

296. Write a) a simple declarative sentence con- 
taining an adjective phrase, 6) a complex sentence 
containing a noun clause, c) a compound interroga- 
tive sentence. 

297. In the following sentences state which of 
the two words in each parenthesis is correct, giving 
the reason in each case : 

a He felt (badly, bad) when he heard of it. 
h He (lay, laid) down on the grass to rest, 
c If I were (him, he), I should not go. 



218 LATEE REGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 

d A collection of books, magazines and periodi- 
cals (was, were) found in his library. 
e It is I tbat (is, am) to blame. 

298. Form a word from each of the following 
stems: (a) apt, (&) earn, (c) ject, {d) spec, (e) 
stru. Write sentences in which the words formed 
are correctly used. 

299-300. Write an essay of at least 100 words on 
one of the following topics, paying special attention 
to spelling, capitalization, punctuation, grammatic 
construction, proper use of words and sentence struc- 
ture [Essays on subjects other than those assigned 
will not be accepted] : 

a) A bicycle ride [Describe some bicycle ride, real 
or imaginary, mentioning incidents that occurred], 
h) My aim in life. 

XXI. January 2^, 1900 

301. Analyze by diagram or otherwise the follow- 
ing sentence : 

The birds had probably taken refuge in the chim- 
ney during some spring storm, and had come down 
the pipe to the stove, from which they were unable to 
ascend. 

302. Write the possessives, singular and plural, of 
each of the following nouns: (a) university, (b) 
calf, (c) hero, (d) goose, (e) fox. 

303. (a) Write the third person singular of each 
of the tenses of the indicative passive of throw, giv- 
ing the names of the tenses, (b) Write four par- 
ticiples of this verb, giving the name of each. 



LATER REGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 21!) 

30-4-. Suppose that you have been absent from 
school for a few days. Write, in your mother's 
name, a note of excuse explaining your absence. 

305. Correct the following sentences and give the 
reason for each correction: a) Has the committee 
handed in their report? h) They met Robert and 
myself in the village, c) Each of the scholars who 
failed Avere allowed to try again, d) He does not do 
any better than us, e) Who was he speaking about? 

306. Give the case and government of each lettered 
word in the following sentence: I gave (a) him a 
(b) letter for (c) my (d) friend, the (e) attorney. 

30 Y. Make one complex sentence of the following: 
He loved to tell long stories. These stories were 
about tlie dark old warriors. There were portraits of 
these warriors. The portraits looked grimly down 
from the walls. 

308. Define (a) relative pronoun, (b) subordinate 
conjunction, (c) transitive verb. Write sentences 
illustrating each and underscore the illustrative 
words. 

309. Write a) a complex declarative sentence con- 
taining an adverbial clause, 6) an exclamatory sen- 
tence containing an infinitive phrase, c) a compound 
imperative sentence containing an adverb of degree. 

310. Rewrite the following sentences, changing, the 
passive voice in a) to the active voice, the possessive 
modifier in 6) to an adjective phrase, the prepo- 
sitional phrase in c) to an adjective: a) He was 
laughed at by the boys, b) The dog's barking dis- 



220 LATER REGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 

turbed the neigliborhood, c) A wall of stone sur- 
rounds the city. 

311. Give the principal parts, including both 
forms of the past participle, of (a) bite, (b) forget, 

(c) show, (d) slide. 

312. Her brown coat was just beginning to be mot- 
tled with the beautiful spots which make this young 
creature as lovely as the gazelle. 

Give from the above quotation, the part of speech 
and syntax of (a) just, (6) this, (c) lovely. Parse 

(d) was beginning. 

313. Define each of the following words by giving 
the meaning of the prefix and stem used: (a) emi- 
grate, (b) admire, (c) perspire, (d) contact, (e) 
obstruct. 

314-15. Write an essay of at least 100 words on 
one of the following topics, paying special attention 
to spelling, capitalization, punctuation, grammatic 
construction, proper use of words and sentence struc- 
ture [Essays on subjects other than those assigned 
will not be accepted] : 

a) Acadie, home of the happy [Write a descrip- 
tion of the village of Grand-Pre, and give an ac- 
count of some of the people who lived there], &) A 
story of justice [Write the story as told by Rene 
Leblanc, the notary], c) The robber bird [Let the 
robin relate her experience in defending her nest 
against a blue jay], d) A deer hunt [Let the deer 
tell the story of the hunt]. 



LATER EEGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 221 

XXII. March 29, 1900 

316. Analyze by diagram or otherwise the follow- 
ing sentence: 

The deer is called a timid animal, and taunted with 
possessing courage only when he is at bay. 

317. Write the past (imperfect) and the future 
perfect indicative, active, third plural of each of the 
following verbs: (a) drink, (h) shake, (c) wear, 
(d) lie (recline), (e) speak. 

318. You have been obliged to leave school on 
account of your removal from the city. Write a let- 
ter to your teacher, stating the cause of your leaving 
school. 

319. In the following sentences fill the blanks in 
a) with the emphatic present of know, the mas- 
culine singular possessive of widow; in 6) with the 
present perfect (perfect), indicative active of read, 
the feminine plural possessive of wizard ; in c) and 
d) with the correct forms of the verb and pronoun : 

a) I that the children arrived, h) I 
that sometime ago people dreaded the power, c) 
The molasses so thick that will not flow 

readily, d) The ashes so light that the wind 

easily scatters 

320. Write sentences containing a) a noun in ap- 
position (explanatory modifier), b) the superlative 
of many, c) an interrogative pronoun, d) an in- 
transitive verb, e) an adverb of degree. 

321. Combine the following into a single sentence 
that shall contain one subordinate clause and one 



222 LATER REGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 

participial phrase: He had proceeded but a few- 
rods. He heard footsteps behind him. He hurried 
into the woods. He cast a glance backward. 

322. Correct the following sentences and give the 
reason for each correction : a) He had laid down 
when I arrived, b) On the block where he lives^ 
there is a factory and a church, c) Has any one a 
hymn that they would like to sing ? d) She may sit 
between Jennie and I, e) George, Robert and Frank's 
arms were broken. 

323. Give the principal parts of the following 
verbs: (a) blow, (&) ring, (c) lead, (d) do, (e) 
bear. 

324. Parse each lettered word in the following 
sentence: (a) Henry, you know (6) that the (c) 
book on (d) that shelf is mine. 

325. Give the following forms of the verb eat: 
a) the past (imperfect), indicative, active, third 
singular, h) the future perfect^ indicative, passive, 
third singular, c) the progressive, past perfect (plu- 
perfect), indicative, third singTilar, d) the present 
passive participle, e) the present perfect (perfect) 
passive infinitive. 

326. Rewrite the following sentences, changing 
the active voice in a) to the passive voice, the ad- 
jectives in 6) to a prepositional phrase, the prepo- 
sitional phrase in c) to an adverb: 

a) They requested each member of the society to 
answer promptly, b) He is a strong and courageous 
man, c) He ran with great swiftness. 

327. Show by original sentences the difference be- 



LATER REGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 223 

tween a) a sentence and a clause, l>) a declarative 
and an exclamatory sentence, c) a participial, • ad- 
jective and a participle. 

328. Give, with meaning, the stem and prefix or 
sufiix of each of the following words : (a) reject, 
(6) offer, (c) survive, {d) hospitable, (e) finish. 

329-30, Write an essay of at least 100 words on 
one of tlie following topics, paying special attention 
to spelling, capitalization, punctuation, grammatic 
construction, proper use of words and sentence struc- 
ture [Essays on subjects other than those assigned 
will not be accepted] : 

a) An Acadian gathering [Describe, as one of the 
guests, the betrothal feast in Evangeline'], h) A sister 
of mercy [Write an account of Evangeline's experi- 
ences as a sister of mercy], c) The homes of the birds 
[Describe the nests of certain birds and the peculiar 
places in which these nests are found], d) A lesson 
in self-sacrifice [Give an account of the circum- 
stances that led to the death of the doe]. 

XXIII. June 13, 1900 

331. Analyze by diagram or otherwise the follow- 
ing sentence : 

The doe was feeding, daintily cropping the tender 
leaves of the young shoots, and turning from time 
to time to regard her offspring. 

332. Write sentences containing the masculine 
singular of (a) maid, (&) niece, (c) heroine, {d) 
goose; the feminine plural of (e) lion, (/) monk. 



224 LATER EEGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 

(g) hoy, (h) drake; the possessive plural of (i) 
king-, (h) child. 

333. Compare the following adverbs: (a) far, 
(h) much, (c) well, (d) easily, (e) soon. 

334. Give the third person singular of the follow- 
ing forms of the verb tell: a) active, indicative, 
present, h) passive, indicative, past (imperfect), c) 
progressive, active, indicative, future, d) progres- 
sive, active, indicative, present perfect (perfect), e) 
emphatic, past (imperfect). 

335. Write a formal invitation to Mr. Charles 
Howard, requesting his presence at a dinner to be 
given June 19, 1900. 

336. Select from the following liie incorrect sen- 
tences, and rewrite in correct form, giving the rea- 
son for each correction: a) I do not know who she 
is, 6) I do not know who to expect, c) Some degree 
of care and caution are required for this work, d) 
Has either of you seen my pencil ? e) He is provid- 
ing a home for we three girls, /) He entertained us 
instead of our entertaining him, g) I set down and 
wrote a letter. 

337. State the difference between a) an adjective 
and an adverb, h) an interrogative pronoun and a 
relative pronoun, c) the active voice and the passive 
voice, d) an exclamatory sentence and an imperative 
sentence, e) a phrase and a clause. 

338. Give the part of speech and the syntax of 
the lettered words in the following sentences: 
There, in the midst of its farms, reposed the Acadian 
(a) village, List to a tale of love in Acadie, (&) 



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jbome of the (c) happy, (d) How surely the birds 
know their enemies ! It is caught by a sudden 
stroke of the (e) cat's paw. 

339. Make a complex sentence of the following: 
The deer entered the woods. The woods were thin. 
The deer saw a rabble of people. The people were 
starting across the meadow. They were starting in 
pursuit of the deer. 

340. Form one word from each of the following 
stems and use each word correctly in a sentence : 
(a) sci, (6) fact, (c) merg, (d) pend, (e) un. 

341. Give the active and the passive infinitives 
and participles of sing. 

342. Write sentences illustrating the use of that 
as a) a relative pronoun, b) a conjunction, c) an 
adjective, d) an adjective pronoun (demonstrative 
pronoun). 

343. Parse the lettered words in the following 
sentences: All was (a) silent within. Tears then 
:filled her (h) eyes. The great bugaboo of the birds 
(c) is the (d) owl, 

344-5. Write an essay of at least 100 words on 
one of the following topics, paying special attention 
to spelling, capitalization, punctuation, grammatic 
eonstruction, proper use of words and sentence struc- 
ture [Essays on subjects other than those assigned 
will not be accepted] : 

a) An Acadian homestead [Describe the home life 
and the surroundings of Evangeline], Z>) A hopeless 
journey [Give an account of Evangeline's search for 
Gabriel, after she left the home of Basil the herds- 



226 LATER REGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 

man], c) The household of the bee [Write an ac- 
count of the bees in the hive, showing the peculiar 
way in which they live], d) Deer hunting [Describe 
the different methods of hunting the deer in the 
Adirondacks] . 

XXIV. Jamimy 25, 1901 

346. Analyze by diagram or otherwise the follow- 
ing sentence : 

During a journey that I once made through the Netherlands, 
I arrived one evening at the Pomme d'Or, the principal inn of 
a small Flemish village. 

34Y. Write sentences containing the plural forms- 
of the following nouns: {a) canto, (&) crisis, (c) 
ox, {d) wolf, (e) cry. 

348. Write a letter to a friend, describing a day's 
work in school. 

349. Give the part of speech and the syntax of 
each of the lettered words in the following sentence : 

The eastern tribes have (a) long since disappeared; the 
(6) forests (c) that sheltered them have been laid low, and 
scarce any traces remain of them in the (d) thickly settled 
(e) states of New England. 

350. Write sentences containing the following: 
a) a noun that has no singular form, &) a noun that 
has the same form for both numbers, c) a noun 
plural in form but generally treated as singular, d) 
a collective noun, e) an abstract noun. 

351. Select from the following the incorrect sen- 
tences and rewrite in correct form, giving the reason 
for each correction : a) Neither Mary nor Kate are 



LATER REGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 227 

going- away, b) Each one of the boys is to receive a 
book, c) I know better than her, d) Clayton and 
Eklridge's factory was burned last night, e) We sell 
men and boy's clothing, /) He promised to take you 
and I to the concert, g) I did not know whom to 
expect. 

352. Write sentences illustrating the use of but as 
(a) a conjunction, (&) a preposition; that as (c) an 
adjective, (d) an adjective pronoun (demonstrative 
pronoun). 

353. (a) Write the third person singular of each 
of the tenses of the progressive indicative active of 
choose, giving the names of the tenses. (&) Write 
four infinitives of choose, giving the name of each. 

354. Combine the following statements into a 
single sentence: 

It was one winter evening. Two cottagers were sitting 
by their cheerful peat fire. They were sitting in a small 
lonely hut. The hut was on the edge of a moor. The hut 
was some miles distant from any other habitation. 

355. Write a) a complex sentence containing two 
subordinate clauses, &) a simple interrogative sen- 
tence containing a participial phrase. 

356. Parse the lettered words in the following: 
The (a) children's shoes were bought in New York. 
Mr. Brown, the bank (b) cashier, is very ill. (c) 
John, will you do (d) me a favor? 

357. Explain the meaning of five of the lettered 
words in the following: 

a This is the forest (a) primeval. The (6) murmuring 
pines and the hemlocks, . . , 
Stand like (c) Druids of eld. 



228 LATER EEGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 

b Where is the (d) thatch-roofed village, the home of 
Acadian farmers? 

c Benedict Bellefontaine, the wealthiest farmer of 
Grand-Pre, 
Dwelt on his (e) goodly acres. 

d Hearty and hale was he. 

e Sweet was her breath as the breath of kine that feed 
in the meadows. 

f Thus to the Gaspereau's mouth moved on that mourn- 
ful procession. 

358. Describe tlie departure of the exiles from 
Acadie. 

359-60. Write an essay of at least 100 words on. 
one of tlie following topics, paying special atten- 
tion to spelling, capitalization, punctuation, gram- 
matic construction, proper use of words and sentence 
structure [Essays on subjects other than those as- 
signed will not be accepted] : 

a) Father Felician [Show how this holy man 
warned, comforted and helped his people], h) The 
passing of Gabriel [Give an account of the circum- 
stances under which Gabriel passed Evangeline whilo 
she slept]. 

XXV. March 29, 1901 

361. Analyze by diagram or otherwise the follow- 
ing sentence : 

A large flock of sheep which grazed in the pasture where 
the grass was tall, now entered the field with the speed of 
frightened creatures. 

362. Parse, from the quotation in question 361, 
(a) flock, (&) sheep, (c) tall, {d) field. 

363. Write sentences illustrating the use of above 
as a) a preposition, h) an adverb; that as (c) a 
conjunction, {d) a relative pronoun. 



LATER REGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 229 

364. Write a letter to a friend, thanking him for 
a present that you received, and stating why it gave 
you special pleasure. 

365. Give the third person singular of the follow- 
ing forms of the verb find: a) active, indicative, 
present, h) passive, indicative, present perfect (per- 
fect), c) active, indicative, future, d) active pro- 
gressive, indicative, past perfect (pluperfect), e) 
emphatic past (imperfect). 

366. Select from the following the incorrect sen- 
tences and rewrite in correct form, giving the reason 
for each correction: a) The colonel and his men 
lost their courage, h) The colonel, not his men, 
lost their courage, c) Alice and myself planned 
the trip, d) The money is to be divided between 
you and I. e) She is a girl whom I greatly admire. 
/) It was him who spoke, g) iN^either he nor Charles 
has finished his work. 

367. Write a) an interrogative sentence containing 
an infinitive phrase, h) a complex imperative sen- 
tence, c) an exclamatory sentence containing a par- 
ticipial phrase. 

368. Give the part of speech and the syntax of the 
lettered words in the following sentences : From the 
valley ahead came the (a) cry of a (&) searching 
hound. If she could put that piece of water be- 
tween her and her pursuers, she would be (c) safe. 
The hunted doe went down the open, (J) clearing 
the fences (e) splendidly. 

369. Combine the following statements into a sim- 
ple sentence : 



230 LATEK REGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 

A boy sat on the chair. The chair was by the window. 
The boy watched the crowd. He watched with longing eyes. 
The crowd was on the pavement below. 

370. Write sentences illustrating three different 
uses of the nominative case, not including the sub- 
ject nominative. 

371. In the following sentences insert in (a) the 
correct form of lie, lay; in (b) the correct form of 
sit, set; in (c) the correct form of flow: 

(a) I down to rest, and slept as soon as I 

my head on my pillow. (&) I in my 

chair, and as I dozed some one a vase of 

floAvers on the table by my side, (c) The water has 

from the faucet. 

3Y2. Explain the meaning of five of the lettered 

words in the following: 

In the (a) Acadian land, on the shores of the Basin of 

Minas, 
Distant, (6) secluded, still, the little village of Grand-Prg 
Lay in the (c) fruitful valley. . . 
(d) Dikes, that the hands of the farmers had raised 

with labor (e) incessant. 
Shut out the turbulent tides ; but at stated seasons the 

(/) flood-gates 
Opened, and (g) welcomed the sea to (h) wander at 

will o'er the meadows. 

373. Give an account of the burning of the vil- 
lage of Grand-Pre. 

374-5. Write an essay of at least 100 words on 
one of the following topics, paying special attention 
tO' spelling, capitalization, punctuation, grammatic 
construction, proper use of words and sentence struc- 
ture [Essays on subjects other than those assigned 
will not be accepted] : 



LATER REGENTS EiMGLISll QUESTIONS 231 

a) Basil and Benedict [Give an account of the 
conversation between Basil and Benedict just before 
the contract was signed], b) A sad reunion [Give 
an account of the circumstances and surroundings 
under which Evangeline finally found Gabriel]. 

XXVI. June 21, 1901 

376. Analyze by diagram or otherwise the follow- 
ing sentence: 

Robert E. Lee, having been reared amid southern institu- 
tions, and being devoted to the interest of his own state, 
decided to resign his commission in the United States army. 

377. Write sentences containing a) the positive 
degree of the adverb better, b) the comparative de- 
gree of often, c) the superlative degree of far, d) the 
possessive plural of child, e) the objective case of we. 

378. Write a letter to a friend, describing your 
school work during the past year. 

379. Give the part of speech and the syntax of 
each of the following lettered words: The (a) ford- 
ing of the river threw the hounds (b) off for a time, 
She leaped forward with (c) better speed. All his 
attitudes are (d) free and unstudied. Her friends 
had given her up, (e) supposing that she had dragged 
herself away into the depths of the woods. 

380. Select from the following the incorrect sen- 
tences and rewrite in correct form, giving the reason 
for each correction : a) Nobody but the doctor and 
the nurse was allowed in the room, b) Nothing but 
books and flowers seem to interest her, c) Let each 
one try to do his work well, d) They are all going 
but you and I, e) I have no objection to his going, f ) 



232 LATER REGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 

This building is neither a chapel or a school, g) Did 
you say that the Rhine river flowed through Grer- 
many ? 

381. Write the infinitives and the participles, ac- 
tive and passive, of weave. 

382. Classify the following sentences as to form 
and as to use: a) How many difficulties were con- 
quered by the stern old Puritans! &) Why does one 
man's yawning make another man yawn? c) A 
statesman makes the occasion, but the occasion makes 
the politician, d) A thoughtful mind, when it sees 
a nation's flag, sees not the flag, but the nation itself, 
e) Reduce each result to its simplest form and mark 
it Ans. 

383. Write sentences using correctly a) the in- 
terrogative who introducing a subordinate clause, &) 
the relative who modifying the object of a preposi- 
tion, c) the interrogative which modifying a noun, 
d) the relative pronoun which, e) that introducing 
an adverbial clause. 

384. Parse the lettered words in the following 
sentences: The hounds were drawing (a) near, He 
had (&) nothing whatever to give his child — nothing 
but his sympathy. His haunch is as tender as his (c) 
heart, The {d) American deer in the wilderness, left 
to himself, leads a comparatively harmless life. 

385. Combine the following statements into a com- 
plex sentence: The doe reached the timber. She 
heard the brutes. The brutes were savage. The 
brutes were howling. The brutes were across the 
meadow. 



LATER REGENTS ENGLISH (JUESTIONS 233 

386. Give the syntax of three of the following let- 
tered phrases: The fearful pace (a) at which she 
had been going told upon her. Every bird in town 
came (h) to see that owl. I suspect the jay is often 
punished by birds which are otherwise innocent (c) 
of nest-robbing. It is easy (d) to mistake them for 
trails made by hunters. The baying (e) of the 
hounds grew fainter behind her, 

387. Explain the meaning of five of the lettered 
words in the following: 

Many a (a) weary year had passed since the burning of 

Grand-Pre 
When on the (&) falling tide the (c) freighted vessels 

departed. 
Here is Baptiste Leblanc, the (d) notary's son, who has 

loved thee 
Many a tedious year. 
Still in her heart she heard the funeral (e) dirge of the 

ocean. 
Water-lilies in (/) myriads rocked on the slight (//) 

undulations. 
Far in the west there lies a desert land, where the 

mountains 
Lift, through perpetual snows, their lofty and (h) lumi- 
nous summits. 
Slowly over the tops of the Ozark mountains the moon 

rose ... 
Touching the (i) sombre leaves, and embracing and 

filling the woodland. 

388. Narrate the circumstances that caused the 
separation of Evangeline and Gabriel. 

389-90. Write an essay of at least 100 words on 
one of the following topics, paying special attention 
to spelling, capitalization, punctuation, grammatic 
construction, proper use of words and sentence struc- 
ture [Essays on subjects other than those assigned 
will not be accepted] : 



234 LATEK REGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 

a) An eventful evening [Suppose yourself a visitor 
at Evangeline's home the evening the notary came; 
write your cousin an account of the evening], b) Two 
Acadian children [Describe the early life of Evange- 
line and Gabriel]. 

XXVII. Janmiry 31, 1902 

391. Analyze by diagram or otherwise the follow- 
ing sentence: 

The favorite position of the deer is still spirited and grace- 
ful, and wholly unaffected by the pictures of him which the 
artists have put upon canvas. 

392. Write sentences containing (a) the nomina- 
tive plural of thief, (&) the possessive singular of 
negro, (c) the possessive plural of (c) man, (c?) an 
abstract noun derived from an adjective, (e) an ad- 
verb of manner. 

393. Write a letter to a cousin whom you have 
never seen, inviting him to visit you on Washing- 
ton's birthday and stating how you have planned to 
entertain him. 

394. Give the part of speech and the syntax of 
each of the lettered words in the following: The 
frightened beast (a) fleeing from the unreasoning 
brutality of the hounds, will (6) often seek the open 
country. She descended the slope of the mountain 
(c) until she reached the {d) more open (e) forest 
of hard wood. 

395. Select from the following the incorrect sen- 
tences and rewrite in correct form, giving the reason 
for each correction : a) I do not like these sort of 



LATER REGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 235 

men, b) The tramping of many feet were heard all 
day long, c) " Scamps " is what he said, d) Let you 
and me decide this, e) He is tall like his brother is, 
/) I do not know whom to expect, g) She and myself 
will visit you shortly. 

396. Write the third person singular of each of 
the tenses of the indicative active of bear. Give the 
active infinitives and participles of bear. [State in 
each case the name of the tense.] 

397. Combine the following statements into a 
simple sentence : The hermit was a good man. He 
was in his garden. He sat on a bench. The bench 
was under a tree. He held his prayer-book in his 
hand. 

398. Write a) an exclamatory sentence containing 
an infinitive phrase, 6) a compound iirfperative sen- 
tence, c) a complex sentence containing a noun clause. 

399. Parse the lettered words in the following: 
l^ew York, the Empire (a) state is (6) first in the 
value of (c) its commerce. George, bring your (d) 
sister her book. 

400. Explain the meaning of five of the lettered 
words in the following: 

Down the long street she passed, with her chaplet of 
beads and her (a) missal. 

And a staircase, 

Under the sheltering (6) eaves, led up to the (c) odor- 
ous corn-loft. 

Late, with the rising moon, returned the (d) wains 
from the (e) marshes. 

Now, though (f) warier grown, without all (g) guile 
or suspicion, 

(h) Ripe in wisdom was he. 



236 LATER REGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 

401-2. Write an essay of at least 100 words on 
one of tlie following topics, paying special attention 
to spelling, capitalization, punctuation, grammatic 
construction, proper use of words and sentence struc- 
ture [Essays on subjects other than those assigned 
will not be accepted] : 

a) Basil the herdsman [Give a description of 
Basil's Louisiana home and of his new occupation], 
h) Fellow-sufferers [Let Evangeline give an account 
of her meeting with the Shawnee woman and of their 
conversation about their disappointments], 

XXVIII. March 26, 1902 

403. Analyze by diagram or otherwise the follow- 
ing sentence : 

For a quarter of an hour she went on, clearing the moose- 
bushes with bound after bound, flying over fallen logs, paus- 
ing for neither brook nor ravine. 

404. Write sentences containing (a) the posses- 
sive plural of deer, (6) since used as a preposition, 
(c) still used as an adjective, (c?) a proper noun 
used as the object of an infinitive, and (e) a noun 
in apposition with the proper noun. 

405. Write a letter to a former schoolmate, de- 
scribing an incident that occurred either during the 
holiday vacation or on Washington's birthday. 

406. Parse the lettered words in the following: 
Every way (a) was closed but (5) one. At her first 
step into the water she saw a sight (c) that sent her 
back with a bound. Had she (c?) strength to 
swim it ? 



LATEK REGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 237 

407. Write the third person singular of each of 
the tenses of the indicative of lie (to recline), giving 
in each case the name of the tense. Write four in- 
finitives of lie, giving the name of each, 

408. Select from the following the incorrect sen- 
tences and rewrite in correct form, giving the reason 
for each correction : a) Neither John nor James 
know what is to be done. 6) I do not know who 
to ask. c) I know who the boy is. d) I saw the 
change most as soon as I saw you. e) They divided 
the money between John and her. /) There was 
nobody here but myself, g) Will you let him and 
me see the painting ? 

409. Combine the following statements into a com- 
plex sentence : 

The old man turned round. He turned slowly. He dis- 
played a face of great dignity. His face was rendered doubly 
venerable by his hoary beard. His beard descended to his 
breast. 

410. Give the part of speech and the syntax of 
each of the lettered words in the following: Even 
the swallow will fight the cat, (a) relying (b) too 
confidently on its powers of flight. It is because the 
shrike is a rare (c) visitant. It is amusing to see 
the robins hustle (d) him out of the tree. The 
jay retorts in a voice scarcely less (e) complimentary. 

411. Write a) an exclamatory sentence containing 
a participial phrase, 6) a complex interrogative sen- 
tence, c) a compound declarative sentence containing 
an infinitive phrase. 

412. Select from the following sentences a noun 



238 LATEK SEGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 

clause, an adjective clause and an, adverbial clause, 
giving in each case the name of the clause : a) As 
I remained motionless, the weasel thrust out his 
v^^edge-shaped head. 6) A troop of weasels tried to 
cross the bar way where I sat. c) They ran along 
the top of the wall till they came to a floor timber 
that stopped their progress, d) I presume that these 
goats have no nonsense about them. 

413. Write sentences illustrating (a) three uses of 
the objective case and (b) two uses of the nominative 
case, not including the subject nominative, 

414. Explain the meaning of five of the lettered 

words in the following: 

Away to the northward 
(a) Blomidon rose. 

Loud and in regular (ft) cadence 
Into the sounding pails the foaming streamlets de- 
scended. 

Behind him, 
Nodding and mocking along the wall, with (c) gestures 

(d) fantastic, 
Darted his own huge shadow. 
(e) Shocks of yellow hair, like the silken floss of the (/) 
maize, hung 
Over his shoulders. 

The blacksmith 
Stood like a man who (g) fain would speak, but findeth 

no language ; 
All his thoughts were (h) congealed into lines on his 
face. 

415. Give an account of Evangeline's journey with 
Basil in their search for Gabriel. 

416-7. Write an essay of at least 100 words on 
one of the following topics, paying special attention 
to spelling, capitalization, punctuation, grammatic 
construction, proper use of words and sentence struc- 



LATER REGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 239' 

ture [Essays on subjects other than those assigned 
will not be accepted] : a) An unwelcome proclama- 
tion [Give an account of the royal commission de- 
livered by the commander of the guards, and describe 
its effect on the people in the church], h) A home 
with Quakers [Describe the life of Evangeline in 
her home among the children of Penn]. 

XXIX. June 20, 1902 

418. Analyze by diagram or otherwise the follow- 
ing sentence : 

The sole companion of the doe was her only child, a charm- 
ing little fawn, whose brown coat was mottled with beautiful 
spots. 

419. Parse, from the quotation in question 418, 
(a) was (line 1), (b) only, (c) fawn, (d) whose. 

420. Write sentences illustrating the use of few 
as (a) an adjective, (b) an adjective pronoun (in- 
definite pronoun) ; that as (a) an adjective, (b) a 
relative pronoun; well as (a) an adjective, (b) an 
adverb. 

421. Assume that you have received a formal in- 
vitation from Miss Collier to dine with her. Write 
your acceptance or regrets. 

422. Write original sentences showing the differ- 
ence between («) a participial adjective and a par- 
ticiple, (b) a personal pronoun and an interrogative 
pronoun, (c) an adverb and an adverbial phrase. 

423. Parse the lettered words in the following : I 
have never seen them scold or molest (a) him. The 
shrike (6) is found in this part of the country. I 



240 LATER REGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 

have not proof (c) enough to convict him. The nest 
of a chickadee was broken up in a position where 
nothing but a. (d) mouse could have reached it. 

424. Select from the following the incorrect sen- 
tences and rewrite in correct form, giving the reason 
for each correction : (a) Mj book is different from 
jours, (6) Are either of these girls your friend ? (c) 
He had lain down just before we arrived, (d) It was 
her who said that we might go, (e) Which of all 
the books do you think is the better? (/) Who do you 
think I met on the train? (g) The teacher, not her 
pupils, wants a vacation at this time. 

425. Combine the following statements into a com- 
plex sentence: 

He had just raised the cup to his lips. His eyes fell on a 
poor soldier. The soldier was dying. The soldier was looking 
longingly at the drink. The drink was cool. 

426. Write sentences containing (a) the indi- 
cative, past (imperfect) of go, (&) the passive, in- 
dicative, past perfect (pluperfect) of break, (c) the 
active, progressive, indicative, future of do, (d) the 
emphatic, past (imperfect) of say, (e) the passive, 
indicative, present perfect (perfect) of see. 

427. Give the part of speech and the syntax of each 
of the lettered words in the following: Its little 
hody was hot and (a) panting in my hands. Cer- 
tain birds (b) nest in the vicinity of our houses. 
Weasels might have robbed the nest, (c) as they 
sometimes climb trees. The birds were (d) much 
disturbed by the event. He is seized with an (e) 
itching for a collection of eggs and birds. 



LATER REGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 241 

428. Write (a) a compound sentence containing 
one complex member; (6) a complex sentence con- 
taining an infinitive phrase ; (c) an imperative sen- 
tence and (d) change it to an interrogative sentence. 

429. Explain the meaning of five of the lettered 
words in the following: 

Anon from the (a) belfry 
Softly the (6) angelus sounded. 
Under the sycamore-tree were hives overhung by a (c) 

penthouse. 
Oft on sledges in winter, as swift as the (d) swoop 

of the eagle, 
Down the hillside bounding, they glided away o'er the 

meadow. 
Oft in the barns they climbed to the (e) populous nests 

on the rafters. 
Birds of passage (/) sailed through the (g) leaden air. 
Wild with the winds of September 
( h ) Wrestled the trees of the forest. 

430. Describe the village of Grand-Pre and the 
manner of life of the inhabitants. 

431-2. Write an essay of at least 100 words on 
•one of the following topics, paying special attention 
to spelling, capitalization, punctuation, grammatic 
construction, proper use of words and sentence struc- 
ture [Essays on subjects other than those assigned 
will not be accepted] : 

(a) Weary Waiting [Give an account of what 
Evangeline did from the time of the service in the 
church till her meeting with her father], (b) A 
pleasant Eeunion [When Basil and Evangeline meet 
in Louisiana, let them relate to each other what has 
liappened to each since their separation in Acadia]. 



242 LATER REGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS: 



XXX. January SO, 1903 

433. Analyze by diagram or otlierwise the follow- 
ing sentence : 

Let me not forget the dandelion that so early dots the sunny- 
slopes, and upon which the bee languidly grazes, wallowing to 
his knees in the golden pasturage. 

434. Parse, from the quotation in question 433,. 
(a) let, (&) that, (c) so, {d) slopes. 

435. Write original sentences illustrating the use- 
of above as (a) an adverb, (&) a preposition; v^hat 
as {a) an adjective, (6) a pronoun. 

436. Write a letter to a friend, telling him of a; 
pleasant surprise that you received Christmas. 

437. Parse the lettered words in the following r 
Of all wild creatures he is (a.) one of the most (&) 
graceful in action. The doe will defend (c) her 
young. A favorite method with the natives (d) is 
practised in winter, and is called by them " still 
hunting." 

438. Select from the following the incorrect sen- 
tences and rewrite in correct form, giving the reason 
for each correction: (a) There come three boys 
home from school. (&) The book was given by both 
Mamie and I. (c) He had just laid down to rest 
when he received your telegram, {d) Both you and 
he may go if it is pleasant, (e) She told me who 
to expect, {f) Every scholar brought their contri- 
bution, {g) Does either of these books belong to 
you ? 



LATER REGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 243 

439. Combine the following statements into a 
•complex sentence containing but one subordinate 
clause : 

I had climbed the hill. I had set up my rifle against a tree. 
I began picking berries. I was lured on from bush to bush. 
I was lured by the black gleam of fruit. 

440. Classify the following sentences as to form 
and as to use (meaning) : (a) What a charming 
pose when she lifted her head, and turned it to re- 
gard her child! (b) The liquid is of course thicker 
and sweeter, and will bear diluting, (c) As she 
approached Slide Brook, she saw a boy standing by 
a tree, with a raised rifle, (d) What shall be said 
of tlie army which has so nobly relieved them of 
the terror of the deer? (e) She took a step; she 
turned her head to t-he south ; she listened intently. 

44J. Give the third person singular of the follow- 
ing forms of the verb bite: (a) active, indicative, 
present, (b) active, indicative, past (imperfect), (c) 
passive, indicative, past (imperfect), (d) active, 
progressive, indicative, present perfect (perfect), (e) 
emphatic, past (imperfect). 

442. Give the part of speech and the syntax of 
each of the lettered words in the following: His 
haunch is as tender as his (a) heart. It is rare to 
find anything (&) natural and unstudied. If the 
little spotted fawn can think, it must seem to her 
a queer (c) world. The hunters haul them away to 
market, until the enclosure is (d) pretty much emp- 
tied. He may find himself climbing an almost iii- 
.aecessible (e) cliff. 



244 LATER EECtENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 

443. Select from the following sentences three- 
subordinate clauses and give the syntax of each clause 
selected: (a) I presume that these goats have no. 
nonsense about them. (6) The hunters find them 
congregated in " yards," where they can be sur- 
rounded and shot, (c) Although it is necessary for 
these people to have something to eat, it is not neces- 
sary that they should have the luxury of venison. 
(d) Probably it is because the shrike is a rare visitant 
that they do not scold or molest him. 

444. Explain the meaning of five of the lettered 
words in the following: 

Under the open sky, in the (a) odorous air of the- 

orchard, 
Stript of its golden fruit, was spread the feast of be- 
trothal. 

The jolly face of the fiddler 
Glowed like a (ft) living coal when the ashes are blown 

from the (c) embers. 
Gayly the old man sang to the (d) vibrant sound of his. 

fiddle. 
Merrily, merrily whirled the wheels of the (e) dizzying 

dances. 

With loud and dissonant clangor 
Echoed the sound of their brazen drums from ceiling 

and (/) casement, — 
Echoed a moment only, and slowly the {g) ponderous. 

(/i) portal 
Closed, and in silence the crowd awaited the will of the 

soldiers. 

445. Relate the stories which the Shawnee woman 
told Evangeline. 

446-7. Write an essay of at least 100 words on. 
one of the following topics, paying special attention 
to spelling, capitalization, punctuation, grammatie 
construction, proper use of words and sentence struc- 



LATER REGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 245 

ture [Essays on subjects other tlian those assigned 
will not be accepted] : 

(a) The Exiled Acadians [Describe the "departure 
of the Acadians from Grand-Pre], (b) The Jesuit 
Mission [Let Evangeline give an account of her ar- 
rival at the Jesuit Mission and of the welcome ac- 
corded her by the priest]. 

XXX I. March 21, 1903 

448. Analyze by diagram or otherwise the follow- 
ing sentence : 

To shield her young when the heat was greatest, the 
mother-bird would stand above them with wings slightly spread. 

449. Parse, from the quotation in question 448^ 
(a) her, (6) greatest, (c) would stand, (d) spread, 
her, (b) greatest, (c) would stand, (d) spread. 

450. Write original sentences illustrating the use 
of much as (a) an adjective, (6) an adverb; both as 
(a) an adjective, (b) a pronoun, (c) a conjunction. 

451. Write a letter to a friend, telling about a 
canary or a dog which has recently been given you. 

452. Give the part of speech and the syntax of 
each of the lettered words in the following: (a) 
Consider (b) what a shot it was. Was there one (c) 
who would have let her go back to her (d) waiting 
fawn? The hunted doe went down " the open," (e) 
flying along the stony path. 

453. Parse the lettered words in the following- 
sentence : 

The American deer in the wilderness, left to (a) himself, 
(5) leads a (c) comparatively harmless (d) but rather stupid 
life. 



246 LATER REGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 

454. Select from the following the incorrect sen- 
tences and rewrite in correct form, giving the reason 
for each correction: (a) Each one had their work 
to do every morning. (6) Either he or John is go- 
ing to try the examinations, (c) Sleep is more use- 
ful than any other drug, (d) This year I am only 
taking two subjects in school, (e) After she fin- 
ished her lessons, she lay down. (/) He would give 
neither his promise nor his vote, (g) It will surely 
be necessary for you and I to be there. 

455. Write original sentences containing (a) the 
passive, indicative, past (imperfect) of freeze, (b) 
the active, indicative, past perfect (pluperfect) of 
see, (c) the passive, progressive, indicative, past (im- 
perfect) of tear, (d) the emphatic, indicative, present 
of know, (e) the passive, indicative, present perfect 
(perfect) of steal. 

456. Combine the following statements into a 
complex sentence: 

He was sitting on a pile of stones. The children clustered 
at its base. He fixed his eyes on a white cloud. The cloud 
was sailing by. He began to speak. 

45Y. Give the syntax of three of the lettered 
phrases in the following: It is amusing (a) to see 
the robins hustle him out of the tree. (&) The bird 
darted swiftly away (&) with a happy cry. One 
season I placed a large stuffed owl (c) amid the 
branches of the tree. In the bow (d) of the boat is 
a lights The honey-bee's great ambition is (e) to 
be rich. 

458. Write (a) an interrogative sentence contain- 



LATER REGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 247 

ing an infinitive phrase; (h) an imperative sentence 
containing a participial phrase; (c) a compound in- 
terrogative sentence containing one complex member. 

459. Explain the meaning of five of the lettered 
words in the following : 

For he told them tales of the (a) loup-garou in the for- 
est, 
And of the (6) goblin that came in the night to water 

the horses. 
Evangeline brought the (c) draught-board out of its 

corner. 
Soon was the game begun. In friendly (d) contention 

the old men 
Laughed at each lucky hit, or unsuccessful (e) manoeu- 

ver. 
Laughed when a man was crowned, or a breach was 

made in the king-row. 
Meanwhile apart, in the twilight gloom of a window's 

(/) embrasure, 
Sat the lovers and whispered together, beholding the 

moon rise 
Over the (g) pallid sea and the silvery (h) mist of the 

meadows. 

460. Describe Evangeline's hqme in Grand-Pre. 
461-2. Write an essay of at least 100 words on 

one of the following topics, paying special attention 
to spelling, capitalization, punctuation, gi'ammatic 
construction, proper use of words and sentence struc- 
ture [Essays on subjects other than those assigned 
will not be accepted] : 

(a) A ^ight of Sorrow [Describe the night spent 
by Evangeline on the shore after her separation from 
Gabriel], (&) A Loyal Friend [Let Evangeline tell 
of the sympathy, hope and comfort given her by 
Father Felician during her exile]. 



248 LATER REGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 

XXXII. June 19, 1903 

463. Analyze by diagram or otherwise the follow- 
ing sentence : 

The doe did not know it was the spire of a Christian chapel^ 
but perhaps she thought that human pity dwelt there. 

464. Parse, from the quotation in question 1, (a) 
doe, (&) spire, (c) Christian, {d) thought. 

465. Write a letter to your cousin telling how you 
expect to spend your summer vacation. 

466. Write original sentences illustrating the us© 
of but as (a) an adverb, (&) a conjunction; since as 
(c) a preposition, {d) a conjunction; (e) only as an 
adjective. 

46Y. Classify the following sentences as to form 
and as to use (meaning) : (ai) It was very seldom 
that one of his tribe was eaten by the ISTorth American 
tiger. (5) How alert, supple, free, she was! (c) 
Suddenly she started, head erect, eyes dilated, a 
tremor in her limbs, {d) But consider what a shot 
it was ! (e) Was there one who would have let her 
go back to her waiting fawn ? 

468. Give the part of speech and the syntax of 
each of the lettered words in the following: She 
kept straight on, {a) hearing the (&) baying every 
moment more distinctly. Some sportsmen make it 
their chief business to slaughter as many (c) deer as 
they can. One day she returned (c?) cured of her 
lameness. This is one of the (e) surest methods of 
exterminating the deer. 

469. Select from the following the incorrect sen- 



LATER REGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 249 

tences and rewrite in correct form, giving the reason 
for each correction : (a) I hear from her most every 
day, (h) i^either of the two answers are correct, (c) 
I did not know whom to ask, (d) He hadn't ought 
to have been told about it, (e) Was it she who told 
you where to go? (f) Each of the men is to pay 
his dues, (g) Has the school bell rang yet? 

470. Combine the following statements into a 
complex sentence : 

It was time to eat my luncheon. I took shelter under a 
pine tree. The pine tree was scraggy. The pine tree had 
rooted itself in the edge of the slope. The slope was rocky. 

471. (a) Write the third person singular of each 
of the tenses of the indicative active of do, giving in 
each case the name of the tense. (6) Write four 
infinitives of do, giving the name of each. 

472. Parse the lettered words in the following: 
It was slow (a) going for the slender legs. The 
danger was certain (h) now. In the afternoon we 
go to a corn-field that lies (c) immediately in front 
of the highest point of the mountain. As the snow 
gets (d) deep, many deer congregate in the depths 
of the forest. 

473. Write original sentences illustrating four 
different uses of the objective case, stating the use 
of the objective that each sentence illustrates. 

474. Explain the meaning of five of the lettered 
words in the following: 

Behind them followed the watch-dog . . . 
(a) Regent of flocks was he when the shepherd slept. 
Late, with the rising moon, returned the wains from the 
marshes, 



250 LATER REGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 

Laden with (&) briny hay, that filled the air with its 

odor. 
Cheerily neighed the steeds, with dew on their manes 

and their (c) fetlocks. 

The (d) pewter plates on the dresser 
Caught and reflected the flame. 
Fragments of song the old man sang, and carols of 

Christmas, 
Such as at home, in the olden time, his fathers before 

him 
Sang in their (e) Norman orchards and bright (/) Bur- 

gundian vineyards. 
Many already have fled to the forests, and (g) lurk on 

its outskirts, 
Waiting with anxious hearts the (h) dubious fate of 

tomorrow. 

4Y5. Give the story of justice as told by Kene 
Leblanc in " Evangeline." 

476-7. Write an essay of at least 100 words on 
one of the following topics, paying special attention 
to spelling, capitalization, punctuation, grammatic 
construction, proper use of words and sentence struc- 
ture [Essays on subjects other than those assigned 
will not be accepted] : 

(a) A Painful Duty [Let the commander of the 
English soldiers tell of his errand to Grand-Pre and 
of the effect of his message on the Acadians], (b) 
Evangeline's Journey [Let Evangeline describe her 
journey with Father Eelician till she reached the 
home of Basil]. 

XZXIII. January 29, 190 J^. 
478. Analyze by diagram or otherwise the follow- 
ing sentence : 

If, in alarm, he uttered a plaintive cry, she bounded to him, 
and, with every demonstration of affection, licked his mottled 
skin till it shone again. 



LATER REGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 251 

479. Parse, from the quotation in question 478, 
(a) cry, (6) his, (c) shone, (d) again. 

480. Write sentences containing the possessive 
phiral of each of the following: (a) lady, (b) son- 
iiirlaw, (c) hero, (d) ox, (e) fisherman. 

481. One of your former teachers has left town. 
Write a letter to her, describing your school work 
»nd giving details about the studies that you specially 
like. 

482. Give the part of speech and the syntax of 
each of the lettered words in the following : There is 
(a) something uncanny and (&) disagreeable about 
her. I turned back, therefore, (c) thinking of the 
honey-laden tree. I don't know (d) what to do. 
The curious note of a chicken caused me to look up 
from my (e) reading. 

483. Select from the following the incorrect sen- 
tences and rewrite in correct fonn, giving the reason 
for each correction: (a) He is wiser than I, so I have 
taken his advice. (b) In the scales were found the 
necklace of pearls, (c) Every citizen should see 
that the trees in front of their. property are trimmed. 
(d) He told her that she ought not to do it. (e) 
She sat the dish on the table and then went away. 
(/") ^Neither James nor his cousin was at home, (g) 
Please, Mother, can I go with Grace? 

484. Combine the following statements into a 
complex sentence containing bu^ one subordinate 
clause: 

In May a sparrow built its nest. The sparrow had evi- 
dently met with disaster earlier in the season. It built its 



252 LATER REGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 

nest in a mass of woodbine. The mass was thick. The wood- 
bine was near my window. 

485. Parse the lettered words in the following: 
He began (a) that sweeping spiral movement in (&) 
which he climbs the sky. In a few days one of them 
(c) had eaten the other. I soon regretted my pre- 
cipitation in killing (d) her, because such interfer- 
ence is generally unwise. 

486. Write (a) an exclamatory sentence contain- 
ing an infinitive phrase, (6) a declarative sentence 
containing a noun clause, (c) an interrogative sen- 
tence containing an adverbial clause. 

487. Write the first person singular of each of the 
following: (a) the passive, indicative, present of 
lead, (&) the active, indicative, past (imperfect) of 
see, (c) the active, indicative, present perfect (per- 
fect) of freeze, (d) the progressive, indicative, past 
perfect (pluperfect) of drive, (e) the active, indica- 
tive, future perfect of lay. 

488. Write original sentences illustrating four 
different uses of the nominative case. State the use 
of the nominative that each sentence illustrates. 

489. Explain the meaning of five of the lettered 
words in the following: 

Near to the bank of the river, o'ershadowed by oaks 
from whose branches 

(o) Garlands of Spanish moss and of (6) mystic mistle- 
toe (c) flaunted, 

Such as the (d) Druids cut down with golden hatchets 
at (e) Yule-tide, 

Stood (/) secluded and still, the house of the herdsman. 
A garden 

Girded it round about with a belt of (g) luxuriant blos- 
soms, 

Filling the air with (h) fragrance. 



LATER REGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 253 

490. (a) Mention two occasions when Michael the 
fiddler played for the pleasure of the Acadians. (&) 
Describe one of these occasions. 

491-2. Write an essay of at least 100 words on 
one of the following topics, paying special attention 
to spelling, capitalization, punctuation, grammatic 
construction, proper use of words and sentence struc- 
ture [Essays on subjects other than those assigned 
will not be accepted] : 

(a) A Contented Farmer [Describe the home of 
Benedict Bellefontaine, stating some reasons for his 
happiness and showing how this happiness was de- 
stroyed], (&) A Ministering Angel [Let one of the 
attendants tell of Evangeline's work among the sick 
in Philadelphia and of her meeting with Gabriel]. 

XXXIV. March 25, 190 Jf 

493. Analyze by diagram or otherwise the follow- 
ing sentence : 

The person, with murder in his heart, chooses a cloudy night, 
seats himself in a canoe, which is noiselessly paddled by the 
guide, and explores the shore of the lake. 

494. Parse, from the quotation in question 493, 
(a) chooses, (&) himself, (c) which, {d) noiselessly. 

495. Write original sentences illustrating the use 
of but as (a) an adverb, (&) a preposition, (c) a 
conjunction; either as {d) an adjective, (e) a con- 
junction. 

496. You have a cousin attending school at Los 
Angeles, California, who has never known a cold 
winter with snow. Write him a letter, telling him 
something about the past- winter here. 



254 LATER REGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 

497. Classify the following sentences as to form 
and as to use (meaning) : (a) It is not the perfume 
of any flower that attracts the bees. (&) After 
twenty-four hours their patience is rewarded, the 
honey is turned into wax. (c) What perils beset 
their nests, even in the most favored localities ! (d) 
The jays were lingering near, very demure and silent^ 
and probably ready to join a crusade against nest- 
robbers, (e) Is there honor among thieves even in 
the feathered tribes ? 

498. Give the part of speech and the syntax of 

each of the lettered words in the following : 

When (a) that golden era comes (6) which the poets think 
is behind (c) us, and the prophets declare is about to be ushered 
in . . . perhaps the gentle-hearted deer will be respected, and 
will find that men are not more (d) savage to the weak than 
are the cougars and (e) panthers. 

499. Select from the following the incorrect sen- 
tences and rewrite in correct form, giving the reason 
for each correction: (a) She told me who she ex- 
pected to see. (&) Either Horace or William is to- 
try for the prize, (c) ISTo sooner had we left the 
room when we heard a child crying, (d) He don't 
know which one is coming for me. (e) Allen and 
Hart's store was burned last night. (/) This mat- 
ter is to remain a secret between you and I. (g) 
Will you let John and me go to the station ? 

500. Combine the following statements into a com- 
plex sentence: 

She went on for a quarter of an hour. She went on at a 
rapid pace. She cleared the moose-bushes with bound after 
bound. She paused for neither brook nor ravine. The baying 
of the hounds grew fainter behind her. 



LATER REGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 255 

501. Write original sentences containing the fol- 
lowing forms of the verb eat: (a) active, indicative, 
present, {h) emphatic, indicative, past (imperfect), 
(c) active, indicative, present perfect (perfect), {d) 
active, progressive, indicative, past (imperfect), (e) 
emphatic, imperative, present. 

502. Parse the lettered words in the following: 
Hunting the (a) deer in the Adirondacks is con- 
ducted in the most (&) manly fashion. Wlien we 
(c) all live in real concord, — perhaps the gentle- 
hearted deer {d) will be respected. 

503. Write original sentences illustrating the fol- 
lowing: (a) an interrogative sentence containing an 
infinitive phrase, (&) a complex imperative sentence, 
(c) an infinitive phrase used as the subject of a sen- 
tence. 

504. Explain the meaning of five of the lettered 
words in the following: 

There upon mats and skins they reposed, and on cakes 
of the maize-ear 

Feasted, and (a) slaked their thirst from the (6) water- 
gourd of the teacher. 

The fields of maize . . . 

Lifted their slender (c) shafts, with leaves (d) inter- 
lacing, and forming 

(e) Cloisters for (/) mendicant crows and granaries 
ig) pillaged by squirrels. 

The notes of the robin and bluebird 

Sounded sweet upon {h) wold and in wood. 

505. Describe the childhood of Gabriel and Evan- 
geline, telling how they spent their time out of 
school. 

506-7. Write an essay of at least 100 words on 
one of the following topics, paying special attention 



256 LATER REGEJSTTS ENGLISH QTJESTIOTiTS 

to spelling, capitalization, punctuation, grammatic 
construction, proper use of words and sentence struc- 
ture [Essays on subjects other than those assigned 
will not be accepted] : 

(a) A Time of Sorrow [Let Gabriel tell the Black 
Hobe chief at the Mission what happened from the 
time the Acadians left the church till he embarked], 
(6) A Haven of Peace [Describe the village of 
Grand-Pre, giving an accouirt of the life and customs 
of the inhabitants]. 

XXXV. June 17, 190^ 

508. Analyze by diagram or otherwise the follow- 
ing sentence : 

But the birds have found out the trick of the jay, and when 
Tie comes sneaking through the trees in May and June in quest 
of eggs, he is quickly exposed and roundly abused. 

509. Parse, from the quotation in question 508, 
(a) trick, (&) sneaking, (c) June, (d) is exposed. 

510. Write sentences containing (a) the posses- 
sive plural of sheep, (&) the possessive plural of mos- 
quito, (c) either used as an adjective, (d) about 
used as an adverb, (e) both used as a pronoun, 

511. Write to a friend a letter containing an in- 
vitation to spend the Fourth of July with you and 
give your plans for entertainment. 

512. Give the part of speech and the syntax of 
each of the lettered words in the following: The 
American deer in the wilderness, (a) left to himself, 
leads a comparatively harmless (6) but (c) rather 
stupid (d) life, with only such excitement as (e) his 
own timid fancy raises. 



LATER REGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 257 

513. Select from the following the incorrect sen- 
tences and rewrite in correct form, giving the reason 
for each correction : (a) The storm was so severe 
that three men were froze to death, (b) He did 
not know whom to ask for the paper, (c) She had 
just laid down when the carriage drove up to the 
door, (d) Texas is larger than any state in the 
Union. (0) It will be better for you and me to go 
together, (f) He both wanted you and your sister 
to come this evening, (g) In his autobiography 
Franklin tells the story of his struggles in life. 

514. Combine the following statements into a 
(Complex sentence : 

I was going up the side of a cliff. It was about the first 
of November. I saw a vigorous young apple-tree. The apple- 
tree had shot up amid the rocks and open woods. The apple- 
tree had now much fruit on it. 

515. Write original sentences illustrating (a) two 
uses of the, nominative case (not including the sub- 
ject nominative) and (b) two uses of the objective 
«ase. State the use of the nominative and of the 
objective that each sentence illustrates. 

516. Parse the lettered words in the following: 
The (a) hunters (b) then make their way to this re- 
treat on snow-shoes, and from the top of the banks 
pick off the deer at leisure with their rifles. The 
(c) great bugaboo of the birds is the (d) owl. 

517. Write original sentences containing the third 
person singular of each of the folloAving: (a) active, 
indicative, present of freeze, (b) active, indicative, 
past perfect (pluperfect) of eat, (c) passive, indica- 



258 LATER REGENTS ENGLISH QUESTIONS 

tive, past (imperfect) of drive, (d) progressive, in- 
dicative, present perfect (perfect) of go, (e) pro- 
gressive, indicative, past (imperfect) of do. 

518. Assume that you are employed by a book 
firm and that John Strong has paid his account to 
you. Write in the name of the firm a receipt ac- 
knowledging the payment. 

519. Explain the meaning of five of the lettered 
words in the following: 

This is the forest primeval. The murmuring piues and 
the hemloclis, 

(a) Bearded with moss, and in garments green, indis- 
tinct in the twilight, 

Stand like (6) Druids of (c) eld, with voices sad and 
( d ) prophetic, 

Stand like (e) harpers (/) hoar, with beards that rest 
on their bosoms. 

Loud from its rocky caverns, the (g) deep-voiced neigh- 
boring ocean 

Speaks, and in accents disconsolate answers the (h) wail 
of the forest. 

520. Describe the scene that ended the day's 
work on the farm of Benedict Bellefontaine. 

521-2. Write an essay of at least 100 words on 
one of the following topics, paying special attention 
to spelling, capitalization, punctuation, grammatic 
construction, proper use of words and sentence struc- 
ture [Essays on subjects other than those assigned 
will not be accepted] : 

(a) A Fruitless Search [Let Gabriel tell the story 
of his separation from Evangeline and of his search 
for her till he passed her on the Atchaf alaya] , (&) 
The Eden of Louisiana [Describe the prairie home 
xuade by Basil in Louisiana]. 



REGENTS QUESTIONS 

IN 

American History 
1895-1904 



BEING ALL THE QUESTIONS IN THE SUBJECT GIVEN DURING THE 
YEARS NAMED IN EXAMINATIONS CONDUCTED BY THE RE- 
GENTS OP THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK 



■ PREPARED BY 

C. W. BARDKEN 

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Copyright, 1905, by C. VV. Babdbbn 



REGENTS QUESTIONS IN UNITED STATES fflSTORY 

1895 — 1904 

I. Jamtary 2Jf., 1895 

1. Not© three points of interest in the early history 
of the colony of Georgia. 

2. (a) How did the western continent receive its 
name? (b) Who was Marquette? (c) De Soto? 
(d) Verrazani? (e) Dtake? 

3. Describe the home life of the New England 
colonists. 

4. Mention an important event connected with 
each of the following years of the revolutionary war 
and explain the importance of each event (a) 1777, 
(b) 1778, (c) 1781. 

5. (a) What was the cause of the Mexican war? 
(b) Name two United States generals engaged in this 
war, and mention a battle in which each was engaged. 

6. Mention the chief features of any two treaties 
between the United States and Great Britain. 

7. Outline the Union plans of campaign for any 
two years of the war of the rebellion, mentioning a 
general on each side and one battle of each cam- 
paign. 

8. Give an outline of the history of the slave trade 
in the United States. 

269 



270 LATER REGENTS HISTORY QUESTIONS 

9. (a) Give an account of Jolin Brown and of his 
raid, (b) Was his course either legal or wise? State 
reasons. 

10. Write biographic sketches of tw^ of the. fol- 
lowing: (a) Patrick Henry, (b) Edwin M. Stanton, 
(c) Eli Whitney, (d) William Lloyd Garrison, (e) 
James Otis, (f ) Frederick Douglass, (g) John Jay. 

11. Mention (a) tw^o dangers and (b) two good 
effects of immigration, (c) To what extent has im- 
migration been restricted ? 

12. Write on two of the following topics in the 
history of Virginia: (a) Governor Yeardley and 
the colonial assembly; (b) Indian massacres; (c) 
Bacon's rebellion, (d) the London company. 

13. (a) Give three reasons for England's desire to 
send colonists to America, (b) How did the English 
government encourage colonization ? (c) Mention 
any other inducement that attracted colonists. 

14. (a) Give the terms of the first charter granted 
the Virginia colony and (b) compare it with that 
granted Maryland. 

15. Give an account of the changes in government 
in Maryland up to the time of the revolution. State 
the cause of these changes. 

11. March IJ^, 1895 

16. What work in discovery or colonization was 
accomplished by (a) James Oglethorpe, (b) Roger 
Williams, (c) Thomas Hooker, (d) Menendez, (e) 
Drake ? 

IT. What is meant by (a) proprietary govemonenf. 



LATER REGENTS HISTORY QUESTIONS 271 

(b) charter government, (c) royal government '^ Give 
an example of a colony under each of these forms of 
government. 

18. Give an account of the acquisition of territory 
in N^orth America by the French. 

10. Locate the following places and state why 
each is noted: (a) Saint Augustine, (b) Bunker 
Hill, (c) West Point, (d) Gettysburg, (e) Mount 
Vemon (not in New York). 

20. Show how the following aided directly or in- 
directly in bringing on the revolutionary war: (a) 
French and Indian war, (b) tax levies, (c) a grow- 
ing spirit of independence. 

21. (a) State the purpose of Burgoyne's in- 
vasion. Describe (b) the route taken by his army 
and (c) the route taken by the army of St. Leger. 
(d) jVTention three points at which the American 
forces successfully withstood the British. 

22. State how the final ownership of the following 
portions of jSTorth America was settled: (a) Alaska, 
(b) Texas, (c) Mexico, (d) Canada, (e) California. 

23. Explain y^ve of the following : (a) state rights 
(b) Ashburton treaty, (c) right of search, (d) Gads- 
den purchase, (e) carpet-baggers, (f) Monroe doc- 
trine, (g) omnibus bill. 

24. When and under what circumstances did West 
Virginia become a state ? 

■25. Give an account of important events in two 
of the following administrations: (a) Monroe, (b) 
Jackson, (c) Taylor and Fillmore, (d) Hayes, (e) 
Cleveland. 



272 LATER EEGENTS HISTORY QUESTIONS 

26. Describe the motives and incidents of John 
Brown's raid. 

27. Describe the puritans as to (a) traits of char- 
acter and (b) manner of life. 

28. Give an account of the Massachusetts Bay col- 
ony based on the following outline : (a) charter, (b) 
first settlers, (o) second immigration, (d) leaders, 
(e) character and religious intolerance of the col- 
onists. 

29. (a) Under what circumstances was the confed- 
eration of iJ^ew England colonies made in 1643 ? (b) 
What colonies were represented ? (c) In what matr 
ters did these colonies act independently and in what 
did they act in common ? (d) How long did the con- 
federation continue ? 

30. Write biographic notes on five of the follow- 
ing, stating some particular service for which 
each of the five selected became famous: (a) 
Miles Standish, (b) John Hancock, (c) Joseph War- 
ren, (d) Daniel Webster, (e) Whittier, (f) Wendell 
Phillips, (g) Horace Mann. 

III. June 13, 1895 

31. Describe the (a) character and (b) mode of 
life of the ISTorth American Indians. 

32. Describe the part which each of the following 
took in the colonization of America: (a) Sir Walter 
Raleigh, (b) John Smith. 

33. Write an account of the early colonists of New 
England, touching on (a) character, (b) education, 
(c) social and religious customs. 



LATER REGENTS HISTORY QUESTIONS 273 

34. For what is each of the following^ specially 
noted: (a) Sir Francis Drake, (b) Roger Williams, 
(e) Benjamin Franklin, (d) General Sherman, (e) 
Daniel Webster ? 

35. (a) Explain the meaning of taxation without 
reprpsentation. !N^ame (b) an American and (c) an 
Englishman who opposed such taxation, (d) De- 
scribe tivo acts passed by parliament that led to the 
outbreak of the revolutionary war. 

36. What special historical interest has each of 
the following : (a) Cherry Valley, (b) Philadelphia, 
(c) Salem, (d) Yorktown, (e) Trenton? 

37. Explain the terms (a) right of search and (b) 
impressment of American seamen, (c) Name two 
American naval commanders of the war of 1812 and 
give the name of a battle in which each commanded. 

38. (a) Under what circumstances were slaves in- 
troduced into this country? (b) Describe tw\o bills 
relating to slavery. 

39. Give the name of (a) one union and of (b) 
one confederate general and describe the part taken 
by each in the civil war. 

40. (a) N'ame the inventor of the cotton gin and 
(b) show the effect of this invention on slavery. 
IName the inventor of (c) the electric telegraph ; (d) 
the steamboat; (e) the phonograph. 

41. Give an account of two of the following: (a.) 
Boston tea party, (b) constitutional convention of 
1787, (c) Dorr rebellion, (d) Cleveland's first ad- 
ministration. 

42. (a) Give an account of the settlement of 'Rew 



274 LATEK REGENTS HISTORY QUESTIONS 

York bj the Dutch, (b) State how long their rule 
lasted and describe the way in which it was over- 
thrown, (c) Who were the patroons ? 

43. (a) Give the traits of character of Peter 
Stuyvesant and (b) describe his rule. 

44. (a) State the circumstances under which Penn- 
sylvania was settled, (b) Dtescribe the constitution 
framed by William Penn. 

45. Compare the colony of 'New York with the 
colony of Pennsylvania in regard to (a) government, 
(b) relations with the Indians. 

IV. Septomber 26, 1895 

46. Write biographic notes on two of the follow- 
ing: (a) Benjamin Franklin, (b) Stephen A. Doug- 
las, (c) Horatio Gates, (d) Israel Putnam, (e) Hor- 
ace Greeley, (f) John O. Premont, (g) Samuel J. 
Tilden, (h) Martin Van Buren. 

47. ISTame (a) tJiree English and (b) two French 
explorers of America, and locate the territory ex- 
plored by each. 

48. Give an account of two of the following: (a) 
discovery of gold in California ; (b) settlement of 
northwest boundary of the United States ; (c) inven- 
tion of the cotton gin; (d) abolition of slavery; (e) 
.assassination of Lincoln. 

49. Give an account of the acquisition and settle- 
ment of Pennsylvania including Penn's treaty with 
the Indians. 

50. Give an account of the explorations of Magel- 
lan and his successors. 

51. (a) Give an account of the capture of Fort 



LATER REGENTS HISTORY QUESTIONS 275 

Duquesne and (b) explain the importance of the 
event. 

52. Give an account (a) of the settlement of New 
Amsterdam, and (b) of its capture by the English. 

53. (a) What was the effect of the capture of 
Quebec by the English ? (b) Describe the capture. 

54. Give an account of two of the following: (a) 
King William's war, (b) Salem witchcraft, (c) ban- 
ishment of Roger Williams, (d) expulsion of the 
Acadians, (e) treason of Arnold. 

55. Give an account of one important event in the 
administration of each of the following: (a) Wash- 
ington, (b) Madison, (c) John Quindy Adams, (d) 
Johnson, (e) Garfield. 

56. ISTame five American inventors and an impor- 
tant invention of each. 

57. Locate the following and mention an impor- 
tant event connected with each: (a) Plymouth, (b) 
Philadelphia, (c) ISTew Orleans, (d) Vicksburg, (e) 
Atlanta. 

58. Mention five distinguished American authors 
and give the title of an important work of each. 

59. Indicate the reasons that led to the framing 
and adoption of the federal constitution. 

60. ISTame five new states admitted to the Union 
since the civil war, and mention the administration 
under which each was admitted. 

V. January 30, 1896 

61. Write a sketch of Columbus, touching on (a) 
his theories, (b) efforts to obtain assistance, (c) first 



•276 LATER REGENTS HISTORY QUESTIONS 

voyage to the new world, (d) subsequent voyages, (e) 
later life. 

62. Give, with approximate date, an account of the 
first permanent white settlement within the present 
limits of the United States. 

63. Mention the European powers claiming sover- 
eignty in l^orth America in the first half of the lYth 
century. Indicate the particular territory claimed by 
each. 

64. Describe the aboriginal inhabitants as to (a) 
mode of life and (b) general character, (c) State 
how they received the white man and (d) how they 
in turn were treated by him. 

65. Give an account of (a) the London company 
and (b) the Plymouth company, and of the settle- 
ments made in America under the auspices of each. 

66. Describe the beginning and trace the develop- 
ment of representative government in JSTorth Amer- 
ica. 

6Y. Give an account of (a) the settlement of Geor- 
gia, (b) the first colonial union and its object. 

68. (a) State the chief causes of war between the 
English and the French colonists, and (b) describe 
two of the earlier campaigns. 

69. (a) Discuss the attitude of the colonists toward 
the mother country, and (b) state the causes that led 
to the war of the revolution. 

YO. Give an account (a) of the financial condition 
of the colonies during the revolution and (b) of the 
services rendered by Robert Morris. 

71. (a) Describe the boundaries of the United 



LATER REGENTS HISTORY QUESTIONS 277 

States at the time of the adoption of the federal con- 
stitution and (b) name the original states, (c) 
Name the new states admitted prior to 1813. 

72. Outline the causes that led to (a) the second 
war with England, (b) the war of the rebellion. 

73. Give an account of (a) the Ohio trading com- 
pany and the consequences that followed its organi- 
zation, (b) the first military expedition of Washing- 
ton. 

74. (a) Mention five men who were prominent in 
the French and Indian war, with a brief note on 
each, (b) Mention three important events in this 
war and describe one of them. 

75. Discuss the results of the French and Indian 
war as to (a) territorial sovereignty, (b) effects, 
direct and indirect, on the colonies. 

VI. March 26, 1896 

76. Give an account of Europeans who are said to 
have visited the western continent several centuries 
before Columbus. 

77. Mention five navigators who made explora- 
tions in the new world soon after its discovery by 
Columbus, and name the particular territory explored 
by each. 

78. Give an account of the efforts of Sir Walter 
Raleigh to plant colonies in America, and state the 
results of these efforts. 

79. (a) Outline in a general way the mode of ad- 
ministration of government in the colonies, and (b) 



2Y8 LATER EEGENTS HISTORY QUESTIONS 

state two leading principles on Avhich the colonists 
based their views of government. 

80. (a) Mention tum colonial authors of the 18th 
€entnrv, and name the principal writings of each. 
JSTame (b) the first newspaper and (c) the first daily 
newspaper published in America. 

81. Give an account of early Trench explorations 
in the west. 

82. Discuss, with reference to causes and results, 
(a) the second war with England, (b) the war with 
Mexico. 

83. (a) Give an account of the acquisition of 
Alaska by the United States, (b) Give an estimate 
of the importance of this territory. 

84. Write biographic notes on two of the follow- 
ing: (a) John Carver, (b) Hannah Dustin, (c) 
William Clayborne, (d) Molly Pitcher, (e) William 
Pepperell. 

85. Give an account of negro slavery in the United 
States, touching (a) its introduction, (b) its growth, 
(c) rise and final triumph of anti-slavery sentiment. 

86. Outline the plan on which the Union was re- 
-constructed after the war of the rebellion. 

87. Give an account of the conspiracy of Pontiac. 

88. Discuss the condition of the colonists, as to (a) 
nationality and language, (b) education and religion, 
(c) occupation, (d) facilities for travel, (e) home 
life on the farm and in the city. 

89. Give an account (a) of the differences that 
.arose betw^een the colonies and the mother country. 



LATER REGENTS HISTORY QUESTION'S 279 

and (b) of the efforts of the colonists to obtain re- 
dress of grievances. 

90. (a) Give a synopsis of the condition of affairs 
in the colonies at the close of 1775. (b) Describe the 
feeling in England at this time. 

VII. June 18, 1896 

91". Draw a map of the eastera coast line of ISTorth 
America. Locate by name on this map five early 
European settlements and state by whom each was 
settled. 

92. Give an account of the government formed by 
the pilgrims. 

93. Write on one of the following topics: (a) 
first navigation act, (b) Bacon's rebellion. 

94. Give an account of (a) two prominent events 
in the French and Indian war, (b) the result of this 
war. 

95. Write on the social condition of the colonists 
in 1770, as to (a) industries, (b) education, (c) mili- 
tary experience and training. 

96. Mention and explain five causes of complaint 
that the colonists had against the mother country. 

97. (a) What action was taken under Washing- 
ton's first administration in regard to the national 
debt? (b) Describe the plans adopted for raising 
revenue. 

98. (a) Under what circumstances was Louisiana 
acquired by the United States ? (b) Why was it 
deemed specially important ? 

99. (a) What is the Monroe Doctrine? (b) Un- 



280 LATER REGENTS HISTORY QUESTIONS 

der what circumstances was it first announced ? (c) 
Mention a recent case in which it was asserted. 

100. (a) Relate the circumstances attending the 
organization of Kansas and Nebraska as territories, 
(b) Define squatter sovereignty. 

101. Give an account of two of the following: (a) 
the Trent affair, (b) battle of Shiloh, (c) origin and 
settlement of the Alabama claims. 

102. Write biographic notes on each of the follow- 
ing generals : (a) Arnold, (b) Eraser, (c) Gates^ 

(d) Kosciusko, (e) Philip Schuyler. 

103. Discuss the declaration of independence, a& 
to (a) its signers and what the action meant to them,, 
(b) sentiment aroused in the colonies and in Eng- 
land, (c) effect on the political status of the several 
colonies. 

104. Describe the movements of Washington's 
army from Boston to Morristown, giving all the bat- 
tles and skirmishes, with results. 

105. Give an account of the services of (a) Ben- 
jamin Franklin and (b) Kobert Morris in behalf of 
the revolutionary cause. 

Yin. August, 1896 

lOG-Y. Draw a map of ISTorth America with its 
principal rivers, and the great lakes. Indicate on the 
map the routes of exploration taken by three of 
the following: (a) De Soto, (b) Marquette, (c) 
Champlain, (d) Lewis and Clark; the location of 

(e) Santa Ee, (f) St. Augustine, (g) Jamestown^ 
(Ya.), (h) Plymouth, (i) Quebec. 



LATER REGENTS IIISl^ORY QUESTIONS 281 

108. Describe the three forms of government that 
prevailed in the colonies before the revolutionary 
war, and mention an example of each. 

109. State the circumstances under vs^hich the fol- 
lovs^ing colonial settlements were made: (a) Penn- 
sylvania, (b) Maryland, (c) Georgia. 

110. (a) Describe the expedition that resulted in 
the capture of fort Du Quesne. (b) Show why the 
capture of this position was important. 

111. Give an account of the services rendered in 
behalf of their country by three of the following 
men: (a) Robert Morris, (b) Hamilton, (c) Greene, 
(d) Steuben. 

112. (a) Give three reasons to show why the pur- 
chase of Louisiana was of importance to the country. 

(b) What was the extent of the territory acquired by 
this purchase ? 

113. Name three men who were prominent as 
statesmen in the first half of the 19th Century, and 
give an account of the public services of each. 

114. State three conditions of the treaty made at 
the close of the Mexican war. 

115. Describe for each of three of the following 
administrations one noted achievement or important 
event: (a) Washington's, (b) John Quiney Adams', 

(c) Jackson's, (d) Pierce's, (e) Grant's. 

116. Explain with aid of a map the Union plan, 
of campaign for 1862. 

117. Give an account of each of the following: (a) 
Work of the Christian and Sanitary commissions in 
the civil war, (b) Sherman's famous march together 



282 LATER REGENTS HISTORY QUESTIONS 

"with a statement of the considerations tliat led to the 
undertaking of this march. 

118. Write biographic notes on five of the follow- 
ing: (a) Jean Ribant, (b) Peter Schnyler, (c) 
James Otis, (d) John Jay, (e) William Lloyd Gar- 
rison, (f) Stephen A. Douglas. 

119. Select three of the following quotations and 
state b|7 whom and under what circumstances each of 
the three was uttered: (a) " ]^o terms other than an 
unconditional surrender can be accepted." (b) " Mil- 
lions for defense, but not one cent for tribute." (c) 
" With malice toward none, with charity for all," etc. 
(d) "I shall enter on no encomium upon Massachu- 
setts ; she needs none." (e) " Sink or swim, live or 
die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart 
to this vote." 

120. Write on two of the following: (a) debate be- 
tween Webster and Hayne; (b) debate between Lin- 
coln and Douglas ; (c) noted instances of the influence 
of oratory in the early development of our nation, 

IX. September 2U, 1896 

121. (a) What was Columbus seeking when he 
sailed from Palos ? (b) Give an account of his sev- 
eral voyages and (c) on a map locate, with name^ 
the places where he landed. 

122. Discuss the voyages of the Cabots as to (a) 
original object, (b) extent of explorations, (c) claims 
based on these explorations. 

123. Write on the explorations of two of the fol- 



LATER REGENTS HISTORY QUESTIONS 283 

lowing: (a) Ponce de Leon, (b) Balboa, (c) Car- 
tier, (d) D© Soto. 

124. Give an account of the settlements made in 
the United States and Canada during the first quar- 
ter of the 17th century. 

125. (a) Explain the jSTew England confederacy 
and state its object, (b) What colonies were denied 
admission? (c) Why? 

12C). (a) What caused war between the English 
and the French colonies ? (b) Describe one impor- 
tant event in each of the four wars. 

127. (a) Describe the forms of government in the 
English colonies at the close of the French and In- 
dian war. (b) Distinguish between crown colonies 
and charter colonies. 

128. Give an account of (a) two laws and (b) 
three events which led up to the American revolu- 
tion. 

129. Describe in order of occurrence three decisive 
battles of the revolution and give an estimate of the 
importance of each. 

130. Write biographic notes on five of the follow- 
ing: (a) Col. Pepperell, (b) James Otis, (c) Mont- 
gomery, (d) Greene, (e) Allen, (f) Stark, (g) Ma- 
rion, (h) Wayne. 

131. Give an account of (a) the northwest terri- 
tory at the close of the revolution and its influence in 
holding the states together, (b) the formation of the 
federal constitution. 

132. Write on President Washington's administra- 
tion, covering (a) his election, (b) his cabinet, (c) 



284 LATER k:egents histoey questions 

the various plans for raising money and paying debts, 
(d) the number of inhabitants in the country. 

133. Give an account of each of the following; (a) 
causes of the second war with England, (b) burning 
of Washington. 

134. Write on three of the following topics: (a) 
the acquisition of Florida, (b) the Missouri compro- 
mise, (c) La Fayette's last visit to America, (d) the 
introduction of railways. 

135. (a) Mention in order of date five important 
battles of the great Civil war. (b) Describe the two 
deemed decisive. 

X. Jammry 28, 1897 

136. Give an account of the early French settle- 
ments around the St. Lawrence (gulf and river). 
Illustrate by a map, locating the settlements. 

13Y. (a) Distinguish between pilgrim and puri- 
tan. Give an account of the pilgrims, covering (b) 
their reasons for leaving England, (c) their wander- 
ings, (d) their American colony. 

138. Describe one prominent event in each of tim 
of the following wars: (a) King William's, (b) 
Queen Anne's, (c) King George's, (d) French and 
Indian, (e) State the general character of these 
wars and the result of the last. 

139. Show the condition of the colonies at the 
close of the French and Indian war, as to (a) popu- 
lation, (b) chief industries, (c) means of communi- 
cation, (d) ability to carry on war, (e) feeling toward 
England. 



LATER REGENTS HISTORY QUESTIONS 285 

140. Explain five causes that led the colonists to 
resist En2;land. 

141. Write on tiro of the followinc;: (a) the first 
colonial cong^'ess, (b) the continental congress, (c) 
the articles of confederation. 

142. Explain (a) the difficulties with France dur- 
ing John Adams' administration, (b) the alien and 
sedition laws, 

143. (a) Explain the terms of the treaty with 
Mexico at the close of the Mexican war. (b) What 
was the Gadsden purchase? 

144. Give an account of (a) the secession of South 
Carolina, (b) the orgajiization of the Confederate 
stales, (c) Contrast the course of Buchanan with 
that of Jackson concerning the threat of a state to 
resist the Union. 

145. Give an account, covering circumstances and 
results, of tvjo of the following battles: (a) Long 
Island, (b) Brandywine, (c) Kew Orleans, (d) Palo 
Alto, (e) Antietam. 

146. Give an account of ^wo of the following : (a) 
Missouri compromise, (b) John Brown's raid, (c) at- 
tempt to found a monarchy in Mexico, (d) impeach- 
ment of Andrew Johnson, (e) circumstances under 
which Hares became president, 

147. Write biographic notes on five of the follow- 
ing: (a) Ponce de Leon (b) Rene de Laudonniere, 
(c) Mrs. Anne Hutchinson, (d) Gen. Joseph War- 
ren, (e) Samuel iVdams, (f) Count Rochambeau, f e) 
Robert IMorris, (h) John Tyler. 

148. Describe the consequences of the battle of 



286 LATEE RBGEIsTTS HISTORY QUESTIONS 

Saratoga as shown by the action of (a) England, (b) 
France. 

149. Give an account of the treason of Arnold, cov- 
ering (a) his grievances against congress, (b) his 
marriage, (c) his trial and reprimand, (d) corre- 
spondence with the British commander, (e) the West 
Point plot and its results. 

150. Give an account of two of the following: (a) 
military situation at the close of 1780, (b) conduct 
of Gen. Charles Lee at Monmouth, (c) Gates' south- 
ern campaign, (d) reasons for the gifts to Paul Jones 
by foreign governments, (e) capture of Stony Point, 

XI. March 25, 1897 

151. Mention one discoverer of lands in l^orth 
America in behalf of each of the following countries : 

(a) England, (b) France, (c) Spain, (d) Hol- 
land. What territory was claimed by each country 
on account of such discovery ? 

152. (a) Who were the Huguenots ? (b) Give an 
account of their early efforts to make settlements in 
America. 

153. Mention and explain (a) three inducements 
that tended to bring settlers to the American colonies, 

(b) two difficulties that such settlers had to face. 

154. Describe one of the following: (a) the social 
and political condition of the Virginia colony under 
the administration of Governor Berkeley, (b) Ba- 
con's rebellion. 

155. Write on two of the following points concern- 
ing the French and Indian war: (a) causes, (b) 



LATER REGE-NTS HISTORY QUESTIONS 287 

one Frencli victory, (c) one English victory, (d) 
banishment of the Acadians, (e) results of the war. 

156. Give tioo reasons that led the colonies to de- 
clare their independence, 

157. Give an account of the nullification acts of 
South Carolina, touching on (a) rights claimed by 
South Carolina as a state, (b) speeches of Hayne and 
Webster, (c) action of the president. 

158. (a) What was the Kansas-Nebraska bill? 

(b) Give an account of the troubles in Kansas grow- 
ing out of the passage of this measure. 

159. Describe, as to circumstances and results, two 
of the following battles, and show why each of the 
two was important : (a) Trenton, (b) King's moun- 
tain, (c) Vera Cruz, (d) battle between the Consti- 
tution and the Guerriere. 

160. Give an account of the war of the rebellion, 
covering (a) causes, (b) one important battle, (c) re- 
sults of the war. 

161. Give an account of one of the following: (a) 
Franklin's examination before the house of com- 
mons ; (b) invention of the cotton gin and its effects ; 

(c) acquisition of Florida; (d) panic of 1837; (e) 
Alabama claims. 

162. Write biographic notes on fve of the follow- 
ing: (a) John Carver, (b) La Salle, (c) Oglethorpe, 

(d) De Kalb, (e) Marion, (f) Sir Henry Clinton, 
(g) Henry Lee (Light-horse Harry), (h) Charles 
Sumner. 

163. Give an account of the federal constitution, 
touching on (a) the need for it, (b) how it was made. 



288 LATER REGENTS HISTORY QUESTIONS 

(c) three men prominent in the work, (d) adoption 
bj states, (e) tvx) important provisions. 

164. Indicate by a map tlie location of each of the 
following: (a) James, Appomattox and Rapidan 
rivers, (b) Petersburg, Richmond, Fredericksburg, 
Williamsburg, Yorktown. 

165. (a) Describe Washington's plans and prepa- 
rations for the battle of Yorktown. (b) Discuss the 
consequences of this battle. 

XII. June 11,1897 

166. State the principal evidences that America 
had been visited by Europeans before the first voyage 
of Columbus. 

167. Give an account of the North American In- 
dians, covering the following points: (a) why they 
were called Indians, (b) their personal appearance 
and leading characteristics, (c) their occupations and 

-mode of life. 

168. Give an account of one of the following: (a) 
two unsuccessful attempts of Englishmen to plant 
colonies in America, (b) the establishment of the first 
permanent English colony. 

169. Mention the names of the first two settle- 
ments made by the Massachusetts Bay company. 
What was (a) the character of the settlers, (b) their 
chief reason for coming to America ? 

170. Show by a map the territory in what is now 
the United States claimed in 1640 by eacli of the fol- 
lowing nations : (a) English, (b) French, (c) Span- 
ish, (d) Dutch, (e) Swedish. 



LATER REGENTS HISTORY QUESTIONS 2S0 

171. State the basis of the claim to American ter- 
ritory made hy each of the nations mentioned in ques- 
tion 5, 

172. Give an account of the Pennsylvania colony, 
toncliino- on (a) the character of its fonnder, (b) the 
eircnmstances under which the lands for it were 
granted, (c) the chief object for which it was, 
^fonnded, 

173. Give an account of the struggle between the 
Trench and the English for supremacy in America, 
covering (a) the extent and importance of the terri- 
tory called ISTew France, (b) the part taken by the 
Indians, (c) the final contest and its results, 

174. Explain (a) three principal causes that first 
led the colonies to resist English rule, (b) hv'O im- 
mediate causes that led the colonies to declare their 
independence. 

175. Show the special importance of each of three 
of the following battles : (a) Bunker Hill, (b) Long 
Island, (c) Trenton, (d) Oriskany, (e) Eutaw 
Springs. 

176. Write on tivo of the following topics concern- 
ing the civil war: (a) organization of the confeder- 
ate states, (b) relative condition of northern and 
southern states as to readiness for war, (c) effects of 
the blockade of the southern ports, (d) importance 
of Sherman's march through Georgia. 

177. Write biographic notes on five of the follow- 
ing: (a) Miles Standish, (b) Roger Williams, (c) 
Marquette, (d) Samuel Adams, (e) Molly Pitcher, 
(f) Commodore Perry, (g) John Marshall, (h) Hen- 



290 LATER REGENTS HISTORY QUESTIONS 

ry Clay, (i) Winfield Scott, (k) William H. Seward. 
IT 8. Give an account* of the condition of the na- 
tion at the beginning of Washington's administration, 
as to (a) extent of settled territory, (b) aggregate 
population, (c) occupations of the people, (d) lead- 
ing cities, (e) facilities for travel and communica- 
. tion. 

179. (a) Give the name and official title of each 
of the members of Washington's cabinet and write 
(b) biographic notes on three of them. 

180. (a) Describe in detail the measures adopted 
for building up the credit and paying the debts of 
the nation, (b) What were the chief points of differ- 
ence between Jefferson and Hamilton regarding these 
measures ? 

XIII. September 30, 1897 

181. Give the names of five men who made early 
explorations on this continent after its discovery by 
Columbus, and state what particular part of the con- 
tinent was explored by each. 

182. Relate the circumstances attending the found- 
ing of two of the following colonies: (a) Maryland, 
(b) South Carolina, (c) Connecticut, (d) ]S3"ew Jer- 
sey. 

183. Describe three forms of colonial government 
that existed prior to the revolutionary war. 

184. (a) State the chief causes and mention three 
important events of the French and Indian war. (b) 
What territory did France lose in this war ? 



LATER REGENTS HISTORY QUESTIONS 291 

185. (a) By whom was tlie declaration of inde- 
pendence written ? (b) Quote a sentence from it. 

18G, Give the location of five of the following and 
mention an important event of the revolutionary war 
connected with each of the five: (a) F'aneuil hall, 
(b) Independence hall, (c) Ticonderoga, (d) Oris- 
kany, (e) Valley Forge, (f) Tarrytown, (g) New- 
burg. 

' 18Y. (a) What powers are possessed by the union 
under the constitution which the articles of confed- 
eration did not give ? (b) For what reasons did some 
states hesitate to adopt the constitution ? 

188. Give an account of Jay's treaty, touching on 
(a) the circumstances that led to it, (b) the chief 
features of the treaty, (c) its reception in this coun- 
try. 

189. Relate the circumstances that led to one of 
the following famous utterances : (a) "Millions for 
defence, but not one cent for tribute." (b) " We have 
met the enemy and they are ours." 

190. Give an account of the work of the American 
.navy in tJbe revolutionary war. 

191. What differences between the people of the 
north and of the south as to (a) political beliefs, (b) 
industrial conditions and (c) social customs led to 
the secession of the southern states in 1860-61 ? 

192. (a) Give an account of John Brown's raid 
and (b) state its effects on the people of the north and 
of the south. 

193. ISTarrate (a) the causes and (b) the circum- 
stances of the war with Tripoli. 



292 LATEE REGENTS HISTORY QUESTIONS 

194. Write biographic notes on five of the follow- 
ing: (a) Stephen D'ecatiir, (b) Greorge Fox, (c) 
John Ericsson, (d) General Herkimer, (e) Winfield 
Scott, (f) Horace Greeley, (g) Ealph Waldo Emer- 
son. 

195. Write on one of the following topics: (a) 
sources and causes of immigration, (b) ship-building 
in the United States, (c) origin and settlement of the 
Alabama claims. 

XIV. January 21, 1898 

196. By whom, in what year, and for what country 
was each of the following discovered: (a) 'New- 
fonndland, (b) Florida, (c) Pacific ocean, (d) St. 
Lawrence river, (e) Hudson river ? 

197. (a) Give an account of the adventures of Sir 
Francis Drake on the Pacific coast of America, (b) 
By what rout© did Drake return to England ? 

198. Give an account of the first settlement of the 
pilgrims in America, touching on (a) location, (b) 
date and (c) first agreement as to government, (d) 
Distinguish between puritans and separatists, (e) 
To which class did the pilgrims belong? 

199. (a) Mention the three principal industries of 
the early ISTew England settlers, (b) Explain how 
one of these industries brought the English colonists 
into conflict with the Dutch, 

200. Write a sketch of Roger Williams showing 
(a) why he was banished from Massachusetts Bay 
colony, (b) his relations with the indians, (c) the dis- 



LATE,R REGENTS HISTORY QUESTIONS 2d 'I 

tingiiishing feature of the charter obtained by him 
from the King. 

201. Write a sketch of the wars between the Eng- 
lish colonists and the French based on the following 
outline: (a.) general causes, (b) the circumstances 
that brought on the last struggle, (c) the final result. 

202. (a) Mention four of the principal things that 
incited the x\merican colonies to forcible resistance 
of the English government, (b) What was the orig- 
inal purpose of this resistance ? 

203. Give an account of the attitude and action of 
France regarding the revolutionary war in America. 

204. (a) "Wliat were the articles of confederation f 
(b) In what respect were these articles defective ? 

205. Describe tiuo important events in the admin- 
istration of Jefferson showing the importance of each. 

206. Give an account of two of the following: (a) 
the beginning of representative government in Amer- 
ica, (b) the circumstances that led to the treaty ced- 
ing Florida to the ITnited States, (c) the cotton gin 
and its influence in American history, (d) the cir- 
cumstances under which Hayes became president. 

207. Write on tiro of the following topics concern- 
ing the American civil war: (a) events of the year 
before the war, (b) the radical change in naval war- 
fare, (c) the circumstances and terms of Lee's sur- 
render, (d) the questions settled by the war. 

208. (a) Relate the circumstances under which 
Washington was called to take command of the army 
after his retirement from the presidency, (b) How 
was the expected war averted ? 



294 LATER EEGENTS HISTORY QUESTIONS 

209. Give the substance of each of the following: 
(a) alien law, (b) sedition law, (c) the Kentucky 
and Virginia resolutions. State the reasons for the 
passing of these laws and resolutions. 

210. (a) Write a biographic sketch of John 
Adams, paying special attention to his life and pub- 
lic services before his election to the presidency, (b) 
State the chief causes of his defeat for a second presi- 
dential term. 

XV. March 2Ji-, 1898 

211. Write on the discovery of America, men- 
tioning (a) a 15th century invention that aided navi- 
gation, (b) Columbus' views regarding the shape and 
size of the earth, (c) the purpose of Columbus. 

212. Give an account of the first permanent settle- 
ment formed in America by (a) the English, (b) the 
Trench. 

213. Sketch the permanent settlement of the Caro- 
linas as to (a) the first settlers, (b) three distinct 
classes of people that settled in Charleston, (c) why 
the two colonies were divided. 

214. Write on the following matters relating to the 
[French and Indian war: (a) the Ohio company and 
the French, (b) Washington's first campaign, (c) the 
final result of the war. 

215. State three general causes and two direct 
causes of the revolutionary war. 

216. (a) Mention three important battles of the 
revolution, (b) Which of these battles was most im- 
portant? (c) Why? 



LATKK IIKGEIS^TS HISTORY QUESTIONS 295 

217. Write on the finances of the revolution, touch- 
ing on (a) foreign loans, (b) paper moncT, (c) serv- 
ices of Robert Morris. 

218. State (a) two important causes and (b) twK) 
beneficial results of the war of 1812. 

219. Write on African slavery in the United 
States, showing (a) how it was introduced, (b) why 
it became profitable in the south, (c) how it became 
a leading political question. 

220. State the reconstruction policy of President 
Johnson. 

221. Give an account of two of the following: (a) 
the Gadsden purchase, (b) the Atlantic cable, (c) the 
first Pacific railway. 

222. Mention one thing for which each of -five of 
the following is noted: (a) Sebastian Cabot, (b) 
Oabrillo, (c) Menendez, (d) John Winthrop, (e) 
Hannah Dustin, (f) Henry Clay, (g) General 
Thomas. 

223. Draw an outline map of the United States 
and on it delineate the Mississippi, Missouri and 
Columbia rivers, and the boundaries of the Louisiana 
purchase and the Oregon country. 

224. Give the substance of the embargo act and 
show the reasons for (a) its passage, (b) its repeal. 

225. Write on two of the following topics: (a) 
the expedition of Lewis and Clark, (b) why the 12th 
amendment to the constitution was made, (c) the 
character of Jefferson. 



296 LATER EEGENTS HISTOBY QUESTIONS 

XVI. June 16, 1898 

226. (a) Give a brief account of tlie Cabots and of 
their explorations. (b) Wbat claim was founded 
on these explorations ? 

227. (a) Sketch the circiimstances that led to the 
first permanent European settlement on what is now 
United States territory, (b) What was the extent 
of European colonization in I^Torth America at the 
end of the 16th century? 

228. Show how each of five of the following was 
identified with the exploration or settlement of the 
new world: (a) Cartier, (b) De Soto, (c) Ribault, 
(d) Erobisher, (e) Espejo, (f) Gosnold, (g) Cham- 
plain, (h) Hudson. 

229. (a) What tw^o countries made early settle- 
ments on the belt lying between the lands granted 
to the London company and those granted to the 
Plymouth company ? (b) Outline the history of the 
two settlements. 

230. Give an account of the following connected 
with the inter-colonial wars: (a) causes, (b) banish- 
ment of the Acadians, (c) the decisive battle and its 
results. 

231. Mention five gi'ievances set forth in the' 
declaration of independence. 

232. Give an account of the work of the second 
continental congress. 

233. Give an account of two of the following and 
mention the administration in which they occurred : 



LATER REGENTS HISTORY QUESTIONS 29Y 

(a) the whiskey rebellion, (b) Wayne's campaign 
against the indians, (c) the Jay treaty. 

234. Give an aceoimt of iivo of the following: (a) 
origin and significance of Mason and Dixon's line, 

(b) the development of the national flag, (c) the Mis- 
souri compromise, (d) how California became a state 
of the Union. 

235. Write on two of the following topics: (a) 
the Kansas-!N^ebraska bill, (b) the contests between 
the friends and opponents of slavery in Kansas and 
in congress, (c) the appearance of a new political 
party in 1856, (d) the political campaign of 1860, 
(e) secession of South Carolina. 

236. Mention (a) three important battles of the 
civil war and (b) give an account of one of them. 

237. Give an account of tiro of the following: (a). 
the war with the Sioux indians and the death of 
Custer, (b) the presidential succession law, (c) one 
important event in the administration of Benjamin 
Harrison. 

' 238. (a) State the three principal grievances set 
forth in Madison's message as sufficient reasons for 
declaring war against England, (b) Mention tico 
statesmen who urged the administration to recom- 
mend war. 

239. (a) Give an account of the battle of ]^ew 
Orleans and state its result, (b) What was the moral 
eifect of this battle ? 

240. Show how the United States was affected by 
the war of 1812, as to (a) standing among nations, 



298 LATER EEGENTS HISTORY QUESTIONS 

(b) domestic relations, (c) new inclustries, (d) com- 
merce, (e) improvement of internal communications, 

XYII. September 29, 1898 

241. Mention five places on the mainland of JSTortli 
America wliere attempts were made by Europeans to 
plant colonies before tbe year 1600. Mention the 
nation by which each attempt was made and state the 
result in each case. 

212. (a) Give an account of the first permanent 
English settlement in the present limits of the United 
States, (b) Mention, with location of settlement^ 
iJiree other nations that planted colonies in America 
during the first half of the lYth century, 

243. Give an account of the wars between the 
Erench and English in America, showing (a) gen- 
eral causes, (b) special causes of the last war, (c) 
comparative strength of the Erench and English col- 
onies, (d) final result of the struggle. 

244. Give an account of -five acts or events that 
embittered the colonies against England and led them 
toward rebellion. 

245. Mention five important battles of the revolu- 
tion, showing why each was important. 

246. Describe the government of the united colo- 
nies during the revolutionary period. 

247. (a) Give an account of George Rogers Clark's 
expedition in the west and show why the result was 
important. (b) Describe briefly the ordinance of 
1787. 

248. Outline the measures adopted early in Wash- 



LATER REGENTS HISTORY QUESTIONS 290 

ington's administration (a) to meet the expenses of 
the government and (b) to establish the national 
credit. 

249. (a) What troubles with France arose in John 
Adams' administration ? (b) How were these trou- 
bles finally settled ? 

250. (a) What changes of sentiment in regard to 
taxing imports took place in the north and in the 
sonth between 1814 and 1835? (b) What tariff 
troubles occurred in Jackson's administration ? 

251. Give an account of the annexation of Texas, 
showing (a) how Texas acquired independence, (b) 
the political discussion regarding the admission of 
Texas to the Union. 

252. Mention five provisions of the omnibus bill. 

253. State briefly the causes of the civil war. 

254. Sketch the development and important serv- 
ices of the American navy from 1775 to the present 
time. 

255. (a) Give the number of states in the Union 
and (b) mention the last four states admitted. 

XYIII. January 26, 1899 

256. For what is each of f-ve of the following 
noted: (a) John Cabot, (b) Vespucci, (c) Balboa, 
(d) Champlain, (e) Eibault, (f) Marquette, (g) 
Raleigh ? 

257. Mention five European nations that planted 
colonies in l^orth America and a permanent settle- 
ment made by each. 

258. Describe the beginnings of 'New England, 



300 LATER REGENTS PIISTORY QUESTIONS 

covering (a) Gosnold's expedition, (b) the Mayflower 
■expedition and its results. 

259. Describe tlie three forms of government exist- 
ing in the English, colonies at the close of the wars 
with the French. 

260. Show how the wars with the French tended 
to prepare the English colonies to gain their inde- 
pendence. 

261. Show the effect on the cause of American in- 
dependence of each of the following battles: (a) 
Bunker Hill, (b) Long Island, (c) Trenton, (d) 
Saratoga. 

262. (a) Give the names and the leading princi- 
ples of two political parties during Washington's ad- 
ministration. With which party was (b) John 
Adams identified ? (c) Jefferson? (d) Hamilton? 
(e) Madison ? 

263. (a) Give an account of the explorations of 
Lewis and Clark, and (b) state two important results 
■of their expedition. 

264. Write on railways in the United States, in- 
cluding (a) breaking ground for the first railway, 
(b) the first American locomotive, (c) the first I^ew 
York railway, (d) growth. 

265. (a) State the causes and (b) give in detail 
the results of the war with Mexico. 

266. (a) Mention the events that led directly to 
the civil war and (b) state two important questions 
settled by this war. 

267. Give an account of two of the following: (a) 
the ordinance of 178Y, (b) how Dr. Marcus Whit- 



LATER REGENTS HISTORY QUESTIONS 301 

man saved Oregon, (c) the blockade during the civil 
war, (d) the Pan-American congress. 

268. Give an account of the acquisition of terri- 
tory during Monroe's administration, showing (a) 
circumstances and events that led to it, (b) the three 
chief conditions of the treaty. 

269. (a) Wliat is the Monroe doctrine? (b) Why 
was it proclaimed ? (c) What was England's atti- 
tude toward it ? (d) Why ? 

270. Writ© on the Missouri compromise as to (a) 
movement of population, (b) causes of sectional dif- 
ferences regarding slavery, (c) the southern and the 
northern view as to extending slavery westward, (d) 
the conditions of the compromise. 

XIX. March 30, 1899 

271. Give reasons for the expedition of Colum- 
bus, touching on (a) trade of Genoa and Venice with 
the east and its interruptions, (b) why he sailed west 
from Palos. 

272. (a) Describe the trials of the colony at 
Jamestown, (b) State the qualities necessary to suc- 
cess as a pioneer. 

273. (a) Mention three colonies that welcomed 
settlers without regard to religious beliefs, and (b) 
state the effect of this policy. 

274. Write on one of the following topics: (a) 
Braddock's expedition and its results, (b) the capture 
of Quebec. 

275. State two advantages possessed by (a) the 



302 LATER REGENTS HISTOEY QUESTIONS 

colonists in tlie revolutionary war, (b) the British 
in the revolutionary war. 

276. Write a biographic sketch of about 75 words 
on one of the following: (a) P'ranklin, (b) Wash- 
ington, (c) Hamilton. 

2YY. (a) State two causes of the war of 1812. (b) 
In what portions of the United States was this war 
most severely felt ? 

278. (a) Mention the names of three new states 
admitted during the administrations of Madison and 
Monroe, and (b) state what new territory was ac- 
quired within the same period. 

279. Describe the following causes leading to the 
civil war: (a) fugitive slave law, (b) Dred Scott 
decision, (c) complaints of the south, (d) complaints 
of the north, (e) the free-soil party. 

280. Write on one of the following: (a) capture of 
'New Orleans in 1862, (b) Lee's invasions of the 
north. 

281. Give an account of each of the following: (a) 
the Atlantic cable, (b) how Hayes became president, 

282. Write biographic notes on five of the follow- 
ing: (a) James Otis, (b) Patrick Henry, (c) Sam- 
uel Adams, (d) Robert Morris, (e) Daniel Boone, 
(f) Francis Marion, (g) Miles Standish, (h) An- 
thony Wayne. 

283. (a) What charge was made against Adams 
on account of the chief member of his cabinet ? (b) 
State the views of Adams regarding internal improve- 
ments. 

284. Describe the tariff views held (a) by 



LATER EEGENTS IITSTOEY QUESTIONS 303 

Adams ; (b) by Jackson, (c) What section of the 
country generally shared Jackson's tariff views? (d) 
Explain. 

285. (a) What action was taken by South Caro- 
lina in regard to the tariff laws of 1828 and 1832 ? 
(b) How did Jackson meet the action of South Caro- 
lina ? (c) Give reasons for his course. 

XX. June 15, 1899 

286. Show how the growth of the United States 
has been affected by the river systems and the great 
lakes. 

287. (a) Give the names of tivo famous American 
authors who have written about the Indians, (b) 
Describe Indian warfare. 

288. Give the name of a man connected with the 
settlement of each of five of the following: (a) 
Plymouth, (b) Quebec, (c) Boston, (d) Jamestown, 
(e) Philadelphia, (f) St. Augustine, (g) Georgia, 
(h) Kentucky, (i) Ehode Island. 

289. Describe by drawing or otherwise tiwo of the 
following: (a) blockhouse, (b) stockade, (c) canoe, 

290. Show why Franklin's plan for a imion of 
the colonies (a) was proposed, (b) was not adopted. 

291. (a) Explain the stamp act of 1765. (b) 
Show how it was received. 

292. (a) Mention three military operations in 
^ew England in 1775 and 1776, and (b) give an ac- 
count of one of them. 

293. State two ways by which the continental con- 
gress obtained money to carry on the war. 



304 LATEB REGENTS HISTORY QUESTIONS 

294. Show by a map or otherwise the location and 
extent of the first two accessions to the territory of 
the United States. 

295. (a) Give the chief provision of the Kansas- 
ISTebraska bill and (b) state the results of the passage 
of this bill. 

296. Show the importance of the capture of Vicks- 
burg to the cause of the union. 

297. Write a biographic sketch (about Y5 words) 
of on^ of the following : (a) Clay, (b) Lincoln, (c) 
Tilden. 

298. (a) Give an account of the financial panic of 
183Y and (b) state three results of this panic. 

299. Give an account of the rise of the antislavery 
party as to (a) leaders, (b) antislavery riots, (c) de- 
nial of the right of petition, (d) presidential nomina- 
tions. 

300. (a) By whom and why was the annexation of 
Texas favored ? (b) Give an account of the political 
struggle caused by this question of annexation and 
(c) state the results. 

XXI. September 28, 1899 

301. What territory of the American continent 
was explored by each of the following: (a) Colum- 
bus, (b) Ponce de I^eon, (c) De Soto, (d) La Salle, 
(e) Cartier? 

302. (a) Give an account of the first two perma- 
nent settlements made by the French on the American 
continent, (b) What other European settlements 
existed in America at this time ? 



LATER REGENTS HISTORY QUESTIONS J]()5 

303. Sketch the early history of Maryland, touch- 
ing on (a) settlement, (b) charter, (c) dissensions in 
the colony. 

304. Give the location of each of the following and 
connect each with the history of the intercolonial 
wars: (a) Fort Diiquesne, (b) Loiiisbnrg, (c) 
Schenectady, (d) Acadia, (e) Fort- Ticonderoga. 

305. (a) Under what circumstances was negro 
slavery introduced into the English colonies ? (b) 
Why did slavery grow in the south and decline in the 
north ? 

306. (a) What state of feeling existed between 
England and her colonies at the close of the French 
and Indian war? (b) Mention four causes that 
tended to change this feeling. 

307. (a) Describe the campaign near Philadel- 
phia in 1YY7, and (b) state the effect of this cam- 
paign on each of the opposing armies. 

308. (a) Describe by map or otherwise the bounda- 
ries of the United States as fixed by the treaty with 
England in 1783, and (b) show the location of the 
northwest territory. 

309. State the principal features of Hamilton's 
plan for establishing and maintaining the financial 
credit of the United States. 

310. Mention five acquisitions of territory by the 
United States prior to the civil war, giving the ap- 
proximate location of each acquisition. 

311. Describe briefly the events connected with 
the civil war from Lincoln's election to the battle of 
Bull Run. 



.306 LATER REGENTS HISTORY QUESTIONS 

312. Write biographic notes on five of the follow- 
ing: (a) Stonewall Jackson, (b) Ulysses S. Grant, 
(c) Philip Sheridan, (d) Jefferson Davis, (e) Rob- 
ert E. Le©, (f) William H, Seward, (g) George B. 
McClellan. 

313. (a) State the attitude of England toward the 
confederate states. Give an account of (b) the Trent 
affair, (c) the Alabama dispute. 

314. Write on one of the following: (a) recon- 
struction of the south, (b) civil service reform, (c) 
the World's Columbian exposition. 

315. Give an account (not exceeding 150 words) 
of the Spanish- American war. 

XXII. January 25, 1900 

316. State the basis of the claim of each of the fol- 
lowing to territory in America: (a) English, (b) 
Erench, (c) Dutch. 

317. Mention (a) two motives of the English gov- 
ernment in planting colonies in America, (b) iwo 
principal causes of emigration to America in the colo- 
nial period. 

318. (a) Give an account of the ISTew England 
confederation and state its object, (b) What colo- 
nies were denied admission ? (c) Why ? 

319. State (a) the chief causes and (b) the final 
results of the wars between the English and the 
Erench in America. 

320. Mention (a) two laws and (b) three events 
that led to the American revolution. 

321. Show (a) why the Erench aided the United 



LATER REGENTS HISTORY QUESTIONS 307 

States during the revolution, (b) how the alliance 
with France aided the revolutionary cause. 

322. Give an account of two of the following: (a) 
war with Tripoli, (b) Louisiana purchase, (c) Ash- 
burton treaty. 

323. Trace the growth of the cotton industry in 
the United States, showing its effects on negro 
slavery. 

324. Write a biographic sketch of one of the fol- 
lowing: (a) Hamilton, (b) Daniel Webster, (c) 
Grant. 

325. (a) Give an account of John Brown's raid 
on Harper's Ferry and (b) show how this raid af- 
fected the public sentiment of the country. 

326. Mention three important battles of the civil 
war. Explain why each was important. 

327. Write biographic notes on five of the follow- 
ing:' (a) Eoger Williams, (b) Cotton Mather, (c) 
John Marshall, (d) Oliver H. Perry, (e) Samuel F. 
B. Morse, (f) Stephen A. Douglas, (g) Philip H. 
Sheridan. 

328. (a) Give an account of the boundary dispute 
with Mexico and state its consequences, (b) Give 
the terms of the treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo. 

329. (a) Give the circumstances that led to the 
formation of the free-soil party, (b) What was the 
Wilmot proviso ? 

330. Sketch the history of the Oregon country, 
covering (a) early explorations and settlements, (b) 
boundary disputes with England, (c) Oregon treaty. 



308 LATER REGENTS HISTORY QUESTIONS 

XXII. January 25, 1900. 

331. Give an account of the explorations of two 
of the following : (a) The Cabots, (b) Cartier, (c) 
Balboa, (d) Hudson, (e) Marquette. 

332. (a) Describe the early attempts of the Hu- 
guenots to make settlements in America, (b) State 
the causes of their failure. 

333. (a) Show by map or otherwise the territory 
on the American continent controlled by the French 
and English respectively in the middle of the 18th 
century, (b) State two causes of war between the 
English colonists and the French colonists. 

334. Describe England's American colonial policy 
in the 18th century in regard to (a) trade, (b) manu- 
factures, (c) taxation. What- was the immediate re- 
sult of this policy ? 

335. Describe the events resulting in the surrender 
at Yorktown. 

336. (a) What were the articles of confederation ? 
(b) Mention hvo leading particulars in which these 
articles were defective, and (c) show what was done 
to form " a more perfect union." 

33Y. (a) What action was taken under Washing- 
ton's administration regarding the debts incurred 
during the revolution ? (b) By whose advice was 
this policy adopted ? 

338. State (a) the chief cause and (b) three re- 
sults of the war of 1812. 

339. Mention the successive steps by which the 



LATER REGENTS HISTORY QUESTIONS 300 

United States obtained its territory west of the Mis- 
sissippi river, 

340. Mention three great enterprises by which 
travel and trade between the east and the west were 
aided during the administration of John Qiiincy 
Adams. 

341. Outline the events of the first year of the civil 
war. 

342. Write biographic notes on five of the follow- 
ing: (a) John Ericsson, (b) Daniel Boone, (c) John 
Carver, (d) Jonathan Edwards, (e) Patrick Henry,, 
(f) Lafayette, (g) Longfellow, (h) Pocahontas. 

343. (a) What great political and social questions 
agitated the country when Taylor became president^ ? 
State the attitude on these questions of each of the 
following: (b) Clay, (c) Webster, (d) Seward, (e) 
Stephen A. Douglas. 

344. Show the effects on public opinion of the 
publication of (a) Uncle Toms cabin and (b) 
Helper's Impending crisis; of (c) the assault on 
Senator Sumner. 

345. Give an account of the following connected 
with the struggle between freedom and slavery in 
Kansas: (a) squatter sovereignty, (b) the border 
war, (c) the Topeka convention. 

XXIY. June U, 1900 

346. Describe one of the following: (a) the first 
voyage of Columbus to America, (b) De Soto's expe- 
dition. 

347. (a) Mention tiuo facts that show the religious 



310 LATER REGENTS HISTORY QUESTIONS 

intolerance of the Massacliusetts Bay colony and (b) 
state tw^o effects of this intolerance on the settlement 
of 'New England. 

348. State, with reference to the settlement of 
Pennsylvania, (a) purpose of its founder, (b) kind 
of government established, (c) results of the " great 
-treaty." 

349. (a) Show the importance of Fort Duquesne 
in the French and Indian war. (b) Describe an ex- 
pedition against this fort.. 

350. State (a) the purpose of the stamp act, (b) 
■one reason why the colonists thought the stamp act 
unjust. 

351. (a) Show the importance of the control of 
the Hudson river in the war of the revolution, (b) 
Describe an attempt of the British to get control of 
this river. 

352. Give three reasons that were urged for the 
adoption of the federal constitution. 

353. Give an account of two of the following: (a) 
the alien and sedition laws, (b) Eli Whitne^f's inven- 
tion and its results, (c) the Louisiana purchase. 

354. Show the effect in the civil war of (a) the 
blockade, (b) the opening of the Mississippi, (c) 
Sherman's march, to the sea. 

355. Write on two of the following: (a) develop- 
ment of the new south, (b) first Pacific railway, (c) 
purchase of Alaska. 

356. Give (a) two causes and (b) two important 
results of the Spanish-American war. 

357. Write biographic notes on five of the follow- 



LATER REGENTS HISTORY QUESTIONS 311 

ing: (a) Francis Marion, (b) Thomas McDonough, 
(c) Cjrns H. McCormick, (d) Oliver H. Perry, (e) 
William H. Prescott, (f) Alexander H. Stephens, 
(g) Tecumseh. 

358. (a) Give an account of the Dred Scott deci- 
sion and (b) show how it affected an important pro- 
vision of the Missouri compromise, (c) State the 
•eifect of this decision on political parties in the 
north. 

359. State (a) one immediate cause and (b) one 
remote cause of the secession of South Carolina, (c) 
What preparations for war were made by the south 
in Buchanan's administration ? 

360. (a) Mention the states that seceded during 
Buchanan's administration, (b) Show what was 
•done by these states to establish a new government. 

XXV. September 26, 1900 

361. State (a) two motives that led early explorers 
to visit the new world, (b) tmo results of early ex- 
plorations. 

362. Connect an important event with eacli of the 
following: (a) John Cabot, (b) Cortez, (c) La 
Salle, (d) Magellan, (e) Ponce de Leon. 

363. (a) Describe the personal appearance and the 
mode of life of the l^orth American Indians, (b) 
Mention the principal tribes of Indians that inhabited 
!N^ew York. 

364. Give an account of the settlement of each of 
two of the following: (a) Georgia, (b) Maryland, 
(c) Phode Island. 



312 LATER REGENTS HISTORY QUESTIONS 

365. What were the leading industries in colonial 
times in (a) New England, (b) New York, (c) Vir- 
ginia ? 

366. State (a) two causes of dispute between the 
English and the Erench colonists in North America, 
(b) one advantage gained by the English colonists 
from the intercolonial wars. 

367. Explain two of the following: (a) naviga- 
tion acts, (b) stamp act, (c) declaratory act, (d) 
mutiny act. 

368. Mention the battle of the revolution that gave 
the British possession of (a) New York city, (b) 
Philadelphia, (c) Describe one of the battles men- 
tioned. 

369. Write on two of the following connected with 
Washington's administrations: (a) first inaugura- 
tion, (b) an important financial measure, (c) admis- 
sion of new states. 

370. Give an account of one of the following : (a) 
industrial changes caused by the war of 1812, (b) the' 
completion and importance of the Erie canal. 

371. State immediate and remote results of the 
annexation of Texas. . 

372. Give an account of i(iyo of the following : (a) 
services of New York state in the civil war, (b) draft 
riots, (c) Atlantic cable. 

373. Write biographic notes on five of the follow- 
ing: (a) Sir Edmund Andros, (b) James Eenimore- 
Cooper, (c) John Jay, (d) Pontiac, (e) William H, 
Seward, (f) William T. Sherman, (g) David Wil- 
mot. 



LATEK REGENTS HISTORY QUESTIONS 313 

374. (a) State the principal provisions of the 
treaty l)etween the United States and Spain (1898). 
(b) Who has power to make treaties for the United 
States ? 

375. Classify the following acts as legislative, ex- 
ecutive, judicial: (a) alien and sedition laws, (b) 
admission of Missouri, (c) specie circular, (d) fugi- 
tive slave law, (©) Dred Scott decision, (f) emanci- 
pation proclamation. 

XXVI. January 23, 1901 

376. Connect an important fact of American his- 
tory with each of five of the following: (c) Amer- 
igo Vespucci, (b) Sir Francis Drake, (c) Sir Walter 
Raleigh, (d) John Smith, (e) Miles Standish, (f) 
Peter Minuit, (g) Roger Williams. 

377. Define or explain, with reference to Indian 
life, five of the following: (a) wigwam, (b) scalp- 
lock, (c) wampum, (d) totem, (e) moccasin, (f) 
death-song, (g) running the gantlet. 

378. (a) Mention the European nations that 
claimed territory in ISTew York, (b) Explain the 
consequences of Champlain's attacks on the Iroquois. 

379. Give an account of the Plymouth settlement, 
covering (a) purpose of the settlers in coming to 
America, (b) kind of government established, (c) 
hardships endured. 

380. State the purpose and an important result of 
each of hv^o of the following: (a) stamp act con- 
gress, (b) committees of correspondence, (c) declara- 
tion of independence. 



314 LATER REGENTS HISTORY QUESTIONS 

381. (a) Mention tioo important battles of tlie 
revolution that were fought in JSlew York state and 
(b) give an account of one of them. 

382. Give the names of the 13 original states, 

383. Describe bj map or otherwise the northwest 
territory, showing the states that have been formed 
from it. 

384. Write on one of the following: (a) Jay's 
. treaty with England and its results, (b) invasions of 

I^ew York state in the war of 1812. 

385. Describe two routes of travel from the Atlan- 
tic states westward that were much used before rail- 
ways were built. 

386. (a) Mention three events that indicated ill 
feeling in regard to slavery before the civil war. (b) 
Give an account of one of the events mentioned. 

387. Show the importance in the civil war of two 
of the following: (a) defeat of the Merrimac, (b) 
battle of Antietam, (c) capture of Vicksburg. 

388. Write on two of the following: (a) assassina- 
tion of Garfield, (b) resources of Alaska, (c) annexa- 
tion of the Hawaiian islands. 

389. Mention (a) the departments of government 
that were established by the constitution, (b) two 
duties of the president of the United States. 

390. State briefly how a United States law is 

made. XXVII. March 21, 1901 

391. Write on two of the following: (a) origin 
of the name America, (b) England's claim to l^orth 
America, (c) the discovery of the Pacific. 



LATER REGENTS HISTORY QUESTIONS 315 

392. Mention (a) three traits of character and (b) 
two religious beliefs of the North American Indians. 

393. (a) What portions of ISTew York state were 
first settled by the Dutch ? (b) State the approxi- 
mate location of a settlement made in ISTew York by 
the Germans. 

394-. Give an account of the settlement of Mary- 
land, touching on (a) name and purpose of its 
founder, (b) the toleration act, (c) Clayborne's re- 
bellion. 

395. Describe the trade of the American colonies 
prior to the revolution, including a mention of three 
important articles (a) exported, (b) imported. 

396. State the circumstances that led to (a) the 
battle of Princeton, (b) Sullivan's expedition 
(1779). 

397. (a) Mention ttvo important events that oc- 
curred in Jefferson's administration and (b) give an 
account of one of them. 

398. State in regard to travel in the United States 
(a) means used by early settlers, (b) an improvement 
made before 1800, (e) tivo improvements introduced 
between 1800 and 1850. 

399. Write on one of the following: (a) the anti- 
slavery leaders of ISTew York, (b) the discovery of 
gold in California and the results of the discovery. 

400. Write brief biographies of two of the follow- 
ing: (a) Lafayette, (b) Andrew Jackson, (c) Cvms 
W. Field. 

401. Mention (a) tivo remote causes and (b) tivo 
immediate causes of the civil war. 



316 LATEE, REGENTS HISTORY QUESTIONS 

402. (a) Define impeachment, (b) By whom are 
impeachments (c) made, (d) tried? (e) What presi- 
dent of the United States was tried on impeachment 
•charges ? 

403. Give an account of iw^o of the following: 

(a) the Alabama claims, (b) the Ku-Klux Klan, (c) 
Greater ISTew York, (d") the part taken by l^ew York 
in the Spanish war. 

404. Connect an important event in American his- 
tory with each of five of the following places: (a) 
Kingston, (b) ISTewburgh, (c) Oswego, (d) Palmyra, 
(e) Plattsbnrg, (f) Tappan, (g) Ticonderoga, (h) 
Tarry town, (i) White Plains. 

405. (a) How are members of the cabinet chosen? 

(b) Mention the ofiicial titles and general duties of 
three cabinet ofiicers. 

XXVin. June 19, 1901 

406. (a) Describe two trade routes between Eu- 
rope and Asia in the 15th century and (b) show why 
other routeSi were sought. 

407. (a) What portions of ISTew York were in- 
habited by Algonquins? Show the attitude of the 
Algonquins in I^Tew York and ITew Jersey toward 
(b) the Iroquois, (c) the early Dutch settlers. 

408. (a) Describe Raleigh's attempts to settle Vir- 
ginia and state (b) the immediate results, (c) a re- 
mote result. 

409. Write on one of the following: (a) effects of 
the French and Indian wars on the colonies, (b) 



LATEIt BEGENTS HISTORY QUESTIONS 317 

important events in Governor Dongan's administra- 
tion. 

410. (a) Mention iwo colonial congi"esses that met 
prior to 1775 and (b) state what was done by each. 

411. Give an acconnt of the sufferings of New 
York in the revolution, covering (a) battles fought 
in the state, (b) hostile invasions, (c) duration of 
the British occupation of New York city and vicinity. 

412. Mention "and explain tiuo difficulties encoun- 
tered by the government of the United States from 
1783 to 1789. 

413. Show the effect on the growth of slavery of 
(a) the cultivation of tobacco, (b) the ordinance of 
1787, (c) the growing of cotton. 

414. Write on one of the following: (a) the battle 
of Lake Champlain (1814), (b) the anti-rent trou- 
bles, (c) the origin of the free-soil party. 

415. Give a brief account of the territorial gains 
made by the United States between 1812 and 1870. 

416. Mention three important naval engagements 
in the civil war and state a result of each. 

417. Give an account of one of the following: (a) 
the Pacific railways, (b) the battle of Manila bay, 
(c) the formation of Greater New York. 

418. Write biographic notes on five of the follow- 
ing: (a) George Rogers Clark, (b) De Witt Clin- 
ton, (c) George Armstrong Custer, (d) James 
Euchanan Eads, (e) Robert Fulton, (f) Alexander 
Hamilton, (g) Elias Howe, (h) George Gordon 
Meade. 

419. Define or explain five of the following: (a) 



318 LATER EEGENTS IIISTOEY QUESTIONS 

census, (b) copyright, (c) counterfeiting, (d) patent, 
((e) privateer, (f) treason, (g) treaty, (li) veto. 

420. State in regard to the justices of the supreme 
court of the United States (a) method of appoints 
ment, (b) term of office, (c) Who was the first chief 
justice ? 

XXIX. September 25, 1901 

421. Explain why the invention of the mariner's 
compass aided the discovery and exploration of the 
new world. 

422. Give an account of the settlement of l^ew 
York by the Dutch, covering (a) the purpose of th& 
first settlers, (b) the location of the first two settle- 
ments, (c) the introduction of the patroon system. 

423. Give an account of the settlement of one of 
the following: (a) Rhode Island, (b) Kentucky. 

424. Write on one of the following connected with 
the French and Indian wars; (a) the attack on 
Schenectady, (b) the first capture of Louisburg, (c) 
the Albany congress (1754). 

425. Mention (a) two^ colleges in the United States 
that were founded before the revolution, giving the 
location of each, (b) a colony that established ele- 
mentary schools by law. 

426. (a) What was the stamp act (1765) ? (b) 
Explain why the repeal of the stamp act did not 
pacify the colonists. 

427. Write on one of the following: (a) the bat- 
tle of Long Island and its results, (b) Arnold's trea- 
son. 



LATER REGENTS HISTORY QUESTIONS 310 

428. Give an account of the boyhood and youthful 
training of George Washington. 

420. Mention the first five presidents of the United 
States and connect an important event with the ad- 
ministration of each. 

430. (a) Show why the admission of Missouri 
caused dispute, (b) State the terms of the Missouri 
compromise. 

431. Show the importance in the civil war of tw^o 
of the following: (a) the capture of forts Henry and 
Donelson, (b) the battle of Antietam, (c) the eman- 
cipation proclamation, (d) the capture of Atlanta. 

432. Mention the territorial gains made by the 
United States since the civil war and state how each 
was acquired. 

433. Write biographic notes on five of the follow- 
ing: (a) Samuel Adams, (b) Ethan Allen, (c) 
Alexander Graham Bell, (d) General Braddock, (e) 
l^athan Hale, (f) Francis S. Key, (g) Dred Scott, 
(h) Harriet Beecher Stowe. 

434. (a) What department of government has 
charge of the United States census ? (b) How often 
and for what purposes is the United States census 
taken ? 

435. State the qualifications for the presidency of 
the United States as regards (a) age, (b) birth, (c) 
residence. -^-^^ January 29, 1902 

436. Give an account of the first voyage of Colum- 
bus to America, covering (a) pui*pose, (b) discour- 
agements, (c) results. 



320 LATEK REGE,NTS HISTORY QUESTIONS 

437. Give a brief account of the discovery of two 
of the following: (a) Florida, (b) the Mississippi, 
(c) the St. Lawrence. 

438. Show how ISTew York came into the possession 
of the English. 

439. Describe the difficulties and perils of the early 
settlers of one of the following: (a) Jamestown, 
(b) Plymouth. 

440. Show (a) how negro slavery began in the 
colonies, (b) why slavery increased more rapidfy in 
the south than in the north. 

441. Draw a map of that section of ISTew York 
most exposed to invasion during the French and In- 
dian wars and on it give the location, with name, of 
each of two important forts. 

442. Define or explain two of the following: (a) 
writs of assistance, (b) declaratory act, (c) commit- 
tees of correspondence, (d) Boston port bill. 

443. Mention, as notably connected with the revo- 
lution, (a) two political leaders, (b) three American 
generals, (c) one English statesman who favored the 
colonists, (d) two foreigners who gave substantial 
aid, (e) one naval commander, (f) one financier. 

444. (a) What event forced England to grant in- 
dependence to the colonies? (b) State the boundaries 
of the United States as fixed by the treaty of 1783. 

445. Mention the important wars in which the 
United States engaged between 1783 and 1860. 
Give the general cause and one important result of 
each war. 

446. State the circumstances that led to the an- 



LATER REGENTS HISTORY QUESTIONS 321 

nexation of each of tw<o of the following: (a) 
Florida, (b) Texas, (e) Hawaii. 

447. Write on two of the following: (a) the battle 
of Gettysburg, (b) Lincoln's assassination, (c) re- 
sults of the civil war. 

448. Compare the methods of travel and trans- 
portation in colonial days with those of the present 
time. 

449. Who has power under the constitution to 
(a) command the army and navy, (b) admit new 
states, (c) make treaties, (d) declare war? (e) Dis- 
tinguish between congress and the house of repre- 
sentatives. 

450. (a) Mention three things that the constitu- 
tion forbids states to do. (b) Give a reason for one 
of these prohibitions. 

XXXI. March 2J^, 1902 

451. What was generally believed before the dis- 
covery of America in regard to (a) the shape of the 
earth, (b) the size of the earth ? (c) Show how one 
of these beliefs was a hindrance to Columbus. 

452. Draw a map of New York state and on it 
show, with name, the location of two Dutch settle- 
ments. 

453. State how tiv^ of the following aided the 
settlement of the American colonies : (a) John Win- 
throp, (b) Cecil Calvert (Lord Baltimore), (c) Wil- 
liam Penn, (d) James Oglethorpe. 

454. Write on one of the following topics: (a) 



■322 LATER REGENTS HISTORY QUESTIONS 

the purchase of Manhattan island, (b) the troubles of 
Peter Stuyvesant. 

455. (a) State one frequent cause of trouble be- 
tween the English colonists and the Indians, (b) 
Why were the Indians of central ISTew York hostile to 
the French ? 

456. Give an account of a public service rendered 
hy Benjamin IFranklin (a) before the revolution, 

(b) during the revolution, (c) after the revolution. 

457. Arrange in the order of occurrence the fol- 
lowing: (a) battle of Lexington, (b) stamp act, 

(c) Boston port bill, (d) Boston tea-party, (e) bat- 
tle of Long Island. 

458. (a) Distinguish between battle and campaign. • 
(b) Mention three campaigns of the revolution and 
an important result of each. 

459. Mention and explain two benefits derived 
from the adoption of the constitution of the United 
States. 

460. Relate the circumstances that led to the pur- 
chase of Louisiana. 

461. State in regard to tlie Erie canal (a) its pur- 
pose, (b) its chief promoter, (c) its benefits to l^ew 
York state and the west. 

462. (a) Mention an important event of Jackson's 
;administrations. (b) Show the importance of the 
-event mentioned. 

463. Write on tw^o of the following: (a) the eman- 
'cipation proclamation, (b) the Llaymarket riot in 
Chicago, (c) the assassination of President Mc- 
Kinley. 



LATEK REGEJSTTS HISTORY QUESTIONS 323 

464. Show how each of the following is chosen 
and state the term of office of each : (a) United States 
senator, (b) member of the house of representatives. 

465. Mention the department, executive, legisla- 
tive or judicial, which has charge of each of the fol- 
lowing: (a) selection of post-masters, (b) levying 
taxes, (c) trials for treason, (d) pardons for offenses 
against the United States, (e) fixing a standard of 
weights and measures. 

XXXII. June 18, 1902 

466. Write biographic notes on five of the follow- 
ing: (a) Champlain, (b) Coronado, (c) Cortez, (d) 
Sir Francis Drake, (e) La Salle, (f) Magellan, (g) 
Verrazano. 

467. Mention three European nations that made 
settlements in ISTorth America and give the location 
of the first permanent settlement made by each. 

468. Describe the settlement of 07ie of the follow- 
ing: (a) Pennsylvania, (b) Rhode Island, (c) 
Georgia. 

469. Give an account of tiv^o instances in which 
earfy settlers were greatly aided by the Indians. 

470. Describe by drawing or other^vise tivo of the 
following: (a) blockliouse, (b) spinning-wheel, (c) 
colonial fireplace, (d) snow-shoe. 

471. (a) Mention three events that may be re- 
garded as causes of the Revolution, (b) Give an 
account of one event mentioned. 

472. Write on two of the following topics relating 
to the Revolution: (a) the capture of Ticonderoga, 



324 LATER REGENTS HISTORY QUESTIONS 

(b) the death of !N"athan Hale, (c) the burning of 
Kingston. 

473. Show how the surrender of Burgoyne was 
connected with (a) the battle of Bennington, (b) the 
battle of Oriskany. 

474. (a) What departments of government estab- 
lished by the Constitution were not provided for in 
the Articles of Confederation ? (b) Why were these 
departments found necessary ? 

475. Mention an important event in the admin- 
istration of each of the following: (a) Jefferson, (b) 
Monroe, (c) John Quincy Adams, (d) Show the 
importance of one event mentioned. 

476. Mention the American who is entitled to most 
credit for each of the following: (a) steamboat, (b) 
sewing-machine, (c) telegraph, (d) Atlantic cable, 
(e) telephone. 

477. Give an account of Sherman's march to the 
sea, covering (a) purpose, (b) route chosen, (c) 
three important results, 

478. Eelate important circumstances that led to 
the recent war with Spain. 

479. Sketch the life of one of the following: (a) 
De Witt Clinton, (b) Ulysses S. Grant, (c) William 
Mclvinley, 

480. (a) What is a veto? (b) How may a bill 
that has been vetoed become a law ? 

XXXIII. September 2 If, 1902 

481. Give an account of a noted exploration of 



LATER REiGEJirTS HISTORY QUESTIONS 325 

T^Torth America made in the service of (a) France, 
(b) England. 

482. Describe the mode of life of the North 
American Indians, covering (a) habitations, (b) oc- 
cupations. 

483. Give an account of the Massachusetts Bay 
colony, touching on (a) purpose, (b) principal lead- 
ers, (c) principal settlements. 

484. Mention two important military expeditions 
of the French and Indian wars and show the pur- 
pose of each expedition. 

485. (a) Distinguish between charter colony and 
royal colony, (b) What special advantage was pos- 
sessed by charter colonies ? 

486. State in regard to American colonial trade 
(a) tw^o restrictions made by England, (b) an illegal 
practice that became common in the colonies. 

48 Y. (a) Mention as connected with the Revolu- 
tion five important events that occurred in 'New York 
state, (b) Give an account of one event mentioned. 

448. Give an account of the First Continental 
Congress, showing (a) why it was summoned, (b) 
where it met, (c) what it did. 

489. Show by map or otherwise the location in 
"New York state of (a) three places that were invaded 
in the War of 1812, (b) tnw cities whose growth was 
largely promoted by the Erie canal. 

490. Mention an important event connected with 
the administration of each of the following: (a) Van 
Buren, (b) Polk, (c) Buchanan. Show the im- 
portance of each event mentioned. 



32G LATER REGENTS HISTORY QUESTIONS 

491. State one important result of each of the fol- 
lowing: (a) the invention of the cotton-gin, (b) the 
invention of the reaper, (c) the introduction of rail- 
ways. 

492. Mention and explain tw^o important causes 
of the Civil War. 

493. State in regard to the Alabama claims (a) 
origin, (b) importance, (c) terms of settlement. 

494. Why are states forbidden by the Constitution 
to (a) engage in war, (b) make treaties, (c) coin 
money ? 

495. Mention and explain- ;f /tree duties of the presi- 
dent of the United States. 

XXXIV. January 28, 19Q2 

496. (a) Give two reasons why Columbus vdshed 
to find a new route to India, (b) Show why the dis- 
coveries of Columbus at first disappointed the Span- 
iards. 

497. Describe the character of the !N"orth American 
Indian as it appeared in (a) peace, (b) war. 

498. Write biographic notes on fi.ve of the follow- 
ing: (a) Cecil Calvert, (b) Massasoit, (c) Peter 
Minuit, (d) William Penn, (e) Pocahontas, (f) 
Governor Winthrop, (g) Roger Williams, 

499. Describe the settlement of ISTew ISTetherlands, 
touching on (a) previous explorations, (b) purpose 
of the early settlers, (c) kind of government estab- 
lished. 

500. Mention a colony that before the Revolution 



LATEE, REiGENTS HISTOEY QUESTIONS 327 

engaged largely in (a) fishing, (b) fnr trading, (c) 
■commerce, (d) tobacco raising, (e) rice growing. 

501. Write on hvo of the following relating to the 
colonial history of ISTew York: (a) the First General 
Assembly, (b) the burning of Schenectady, (c) Jacob 
Xeisler's rebellion. 

502. Give an account of the public services of 
George Washington prior to the Eevolution. 

503. Distinguish between the Articles of Confed- 
eration and the Constitution, (b) When was the 
Constitution adopted ? 

504. Mention as connected with the War of 1812 

(a) thrre important American victories, (b) two 
serious American disasters, (c) Give an account of 
■one event mentioned. 

505. Arrange the following in chronologic order 
with reference to their administrations: (a) Lincoln, 

(b) Grant, (c) John Quincy Adams, (d) Andrew 
Jackson, (e) John Adams. Connect one important 
•event with each administration. 

506. Show the importance of 'turn of the following 
in the Civil War: (a) the first battle of Bull Eun, 
(b) the capture of l^ew Orleans, (c) the capture of 
Atlanta. 

507. Show how eacJi of the following was ac- 
•quired: (a) Oregon, (b) Alaska, (c) Porto Eico. 

508. Give an account of the destruction of Cer- 
^era's fleet. 

509. Define or explain five of the following: (a) 
•Congress, (b) electoral college, (c) Emancipation 



328 LATEEi REGENTS HISTOEY QUESTIONS 

Proclamation, (d) impeaclimeiit, (e) legislation, (f) 
suffrage, (g) treaty. 

510. (a) What important duty is performed by 
the vice-president? (b) Mention three vice-presi- 
dents who have succeeded to the presidency through, 
the death of the president. 

XXZY. March 25, 1903 

511. Give an account of an important exploration 
of each of tivo of the following: (a) Magellan, (b) 
Henry Hudson, (c) Adrian Block. 

512. Mention the first permanent settlement made 
within the present boundaries of the United States 
by (a) Slpain, (b) England. Give the location and 
the approximate date of each, 

513. Give tiv'o reasons why early European settle- 
ments in l^orth America were generally made on or 
near the coast. 

514. Write on one of the following: (a) customs 
and model of life of the Dutch settlers in 'New Am- 
sterdam, (b) Champlain's attack on the Iroquois and 
its results. 

515. (a) Mention two^ American colonies that had 
the right to elect their own governors, (b) What 
important colony was deprived of this right in the^ 
reign of Charles 2 ? (c) Give reasonsi. • 

616. Explain the circumstances under which fw'o 
of the following were uttered: (a) " Caesar had his 
Brutus, Charles 1 his Cromwell, and George 3 may 
profit by their example," (b) " This meeting can 
do nothing more to save the country," (c) "I regrets 



LATER REGENTS HISTORY QUESTIONS 329 

only that I have but one life to give to my country." 
51Y. (a) Mention three battles of the Revolution 
that were commanded by Washington, (b) Give an 
account of one battle mentioned. 

518. (a) Mention five states that have been formed 
from the Louisiana purchase, (b) Why did the pos- 
session of New Orleans become important to the 
United States? 

519. What section of the United States was much 
opposed to the War of 1812 ? Give reasons. 

520. State the provisions of the Missouri Comprc 
mise in regard to slavery. 

521. Define or explain two of the following: (a) 
fugitive slave law, (b) Dred Scott Decision, (c) 
underground railroad. 

522. Give an account of one of the following: (a) 
draft riot in I^ew York city, (b) Lincoln's Gettys- 
burg Address, (c) the capture of Richmond. 

523. Sketch the life of one of the following: (a) 
Philip Schuyler, (b) William H. Seward, (c) Peter 
Cooper. 

524. State with reference to the governor of ITew 
York state (a) mode of election, (b) term of office, 
(c) three duties. 

525. Mention and explain three rights secured to 
every law-abiding citizen by the Constitution of the 
United States. 

XXXVI. June 17, 1903 

526. Show why exploration in the 15th century 
was extended by the use of the mariner's compass. 



330 LATER EEGEJSTTS HISTORY QUESTIONS 

527. Give an account of hvo of the following: (a) 
tlie discovery of tlie Pacific ocean, (b) the voyage 
of Magellan, (c) the discovery of the continent of 
IvTorth America. 

528. Write on one of the following: (a) Indian 
attacks on the Dutch settlers in the time of Governor 
Kieft, (b) dispute between the Dutch and the Eng- 
lish in regard to the boundary of ISTew ISTetherlands. 

529. (a) Mention two ISTew England colonies that 
were first settled by people from Massachusetts, (b) 
Give an account of the settlement of one of these 
colonies. 

530. Define or explain five of the following: (a) 
charter, (b) royal governor, (c) proprietary colony, 
(d) regicides, (e) JSTew England Confederacy, (f) 
witchcraft, (g) Puritan, (h) PilgTim. 

531. Mention three important English victories in 
the last intercolonial war and show why each was 
important. . 

532. Write on one of the following relating to the 
Revolution: (a) Washington's retreat through ISTew 
Jersey, (b) Benefits of the French alliance, (c) In- 
dian and Tory warfare in l^ew York state. 

533. Mention the presidents of the United States 
from lY89tol812. Connect an important event with 
the administration of each. 

534. Give an account of the Mexican War, touch- 
ing on (a) remote cause, (b) immediate cause, (c) 
resulting territorial gains. 

535. State an important service rendered by each 
of three of the following: (a) Andrew Jackson, (b) 



I.ATEli llI-XiKXTS HISTORY QUESTIOISrS 331 

Henry Clay, (c) Daniel Webster, (d) De Witt Clin- 
ton, (e) Samuel F. B, Morse, 

536. Give an accoimt of the dispute that arose over 
the admission of California as a state. 

537. Mention and describe two important events 
by which the Union forces gained control of the Mis- 
sissippi in the Civil War. 

538. Mention as results of the War with Spain 

(a) the possessions lost by Spain, (b) the territorial 
gains of the United States. 

530. Show how those held in slavery before the 
Civil War (a) became citizens of the United States, 

(b) obtained the right to vote. 

540. (a) Distinguish between a legislative bill and 
a law. (b) How does a bill become a law in New 
York state ? 

XXXVII. September 30, 1903 , 

541. Mention an exploration that gave claim to 
territory in ISTorth America to (a) England, (b) 
France. Give an account of each exploration men- 
tioned. 

542. Describe tliree weapons or implements used 
by the Indians before America was settled by Eu- 
ropeans. 

543. Mention one man prominently connected with 
the settlement of eacli of the following: (a) Plym- 
outh, (b) Salem, (c) I^ew Amsterdam, (d) Quebec, 
(e) St. Augustine. 

544. Write on one of the following: (a) Indian 



332 LATER KEGENTS HISTORY QUESTIONS 

wars in ^ew England, (b) aid given bj the Iroquois 
to the English in !N^ew York. 

545. Give an account of one of the following: (a) 
New York's resistance to the Stamp Act, (b) conflicts 
that arose in ISTew York city from the attempt of the 
British government to quarter troops on the colony. 

546. Give an account of each of the following and 
state an important result of each: (a) the Boston 
Tea-party, (b) the capture of Ticonderoga by Ethan 
Allen. 

54Y. Write on one of the following: (a) Benjamin 
Franklin at the Erench court, (b) the services of 
John Paul Jones. 

548. (a) Mention three important events that oc- 
curred during Jefferson's administrations, (b) Give 
an account of one event mentioned. 

549. Mention the most important battle fought 
in N^ew York state during the War of 1812. Give 
-an account of this battle. 

550. State in regard to the Kansas-N^ebraska Bill 
(a) its principal provision, (b) the disorders that 
resulted from its passage. 

551. Show the importance in the Civil War of two 
of the following: (a) the firing "on Fort Sumter 
(1861), (b) The Trent Affair, (c) the capture of 
Mobile Bay. 

552. Mention five presidents who have served since 
the Civil War. Connect an important event with the 
.administration of each. 

553. (a) State how and when Alaska was acquired. 



T>ATEK REGENTS HISTORY QUESTIONS 333 

(b) Mention three of the most valuable products of 
Alaska. 

554. Describe the legislative branch of the United 
States government, touching on (a) divisions, (b) 
election of the members of each division, (c) presid- 
ing officer of each division. 

555. Mention the branch of government, legisla- 
tive, executive or judicial, which has charge of eacli 
of the following: (a) appointing judges of the Su- 
preme Court, (b) raising an army, (c) commanding 
the army, (d) declaring war, (e) settling controver- 
sies between states. 

XXXVIII. January 27, 190 J^ 

556. Relate two events in the life of Columbus 
that show his perseverance. 

557. Mention territory in the new world over 
which dispute arose between (a) France and Spain, 
(b) England and Holland, (c) England and France, 
(d) Holland and Sweden. State results in each case. 

558. Give an account of the first settlement made 
by Europeans in thr-ee of the following places: (a) 
Albany, (b) Borough of Manhattan, (c) Brooklyn, 
(d) Johnstown, (e) Kingston, (f) Oswego, (g) Og- 
densburg, 

559. State in regard to the Quakers (a) why they 
were persecuted, (b) what colony they founded, (c) 
how they were governed as a colony. 

560. (a) State what was done in the 18th century 
to people who failed to pay their debts, (b) Show how 



334 LATER REGENTS HISTORY QUESTIONS 

the laws against debtors brought many settlers to 
the American colonies. 

561. Mention five tribes of the Iroquois in New 
York state. Show bj map or otherwise the location 
of each tribe mentioned. 

562. Relate the circumstances that led to the battle 
of (a) Lexington, (b) Bunker Hill. 

563. Arrange in order of occurrence the following: 
(a) the battle of Saratoga, (b) the Declaration of 
Independence, (c) the evacuation of Boston by the 
British, (d) the battle of Princeton, (e) Greene's 
campaign in the south. 

564. Mention and explain two benefits gained by 
the purchase of Louisiana. 

565. (a) Explain the meaning of slavery, (b) 
Mention five states in which slavery existed in 1860. 

566. Mention three additions to territory made by 
the United States since the Civil War. Show how 
each addition mentioned is valuable. 

567. Describe an improvement made since tlie 
Civil War in (a) travel, (b) communication. 

568. Define constitution. By whom are constitu- 
tions (a) drawn up, (b) adopted? What serves as 
a constitution in the case of a city? 

569. Mention tmo duties of the president of the 
United States that must be performed with the advice 
and consent of the Senate. 

5Y0. Give an account of Lincoln's boyhood. 



I-ATEK REGENTS HISTORY QUESTIONS 335 

XXXIX. March 23, 190 J^ 

571. Describe the weapons of the ]!^orth American 
Indians before Europeans came. 

572. Mention three noted English explorers who 
lived before 1600. Connect one important exploration 
or discovery with the name of each explorer men- 
tioned. 

573. Give an account of the rule of Peter Stuyve- 
sant, touching on (a) character of the governor, (b) 
attempt of the settlers to secure a legislature, (c) 
overthrow. 

574. (a) Mention two fortifications erected by the 
French in the Champlain valley, (b) Why was the 
possession of this valley important to the French ? 

575. Give an account of the life of Benjamin 
Franklin previous to the Revolution. 

576. Explain what the colonists meant by the 
watchword " ]^o taxation without representation." 

577. Mention two important battles of the Eevo- 
lution and show the importance of each. 

578. Mention (a) the 13 original States, (b) two 
States admitted during Washington's administration. 

579. Give an account of the l^ullification Act of 
South Carolina (1832), touching on (a) cause, (b) 
results. 

580. ]\Iention two improvements in transportation 
and travel made in New York state between 1812 
and 1840. Show how these improvements affected 
(a) Xew York city, (b) the western portions of the 
state. 



336 LATER REGENTS HISTORY QUESTIONS 

581. Give an account of the settlement of Califor- 
nia. 

582. Explain wliy the Fugitive Slave Law (1850) 
was greatly disliked by the ISforth. 

583. (a) Mention iivo important events in the ad- 
ministration of each of the following: (a) McKinley, 

(b) Roosevelt, (c) Give an account of one of the 
events mentioned, 

584. Show how a foreigner may become a citizen 
of the United States. 

585. Mention the department of government that 
has charge of (a) levying taxes, (b) collecting taxes. 

(c) deciding disputes in regard to the meaning of 
the Constitution, (d) the army and navy, (e) mak- 
ing treaties. 

XL. June 15, 190 J^ 

586. Describe the routes by which goods were 
brought from Asia to Europe before Vasco da Gam a 
made the voyage to India around Cape of Good 
Hope. 

587. Give a brief account of a noted exploration of 

(a) Ponce de Leon, (b) Cartier. 

588. Give an account of an exploration in ISTew 
York state by (a) Hudson, (b) Champlain. 

589. Show the importance in the Erench and In- 
dian War of each of the following: (a) Louisburg, 

(b) Quebec, (c) Fort Duquesne. 

590. Describe by drawing or other^vise one of the 
following: (a) a colonial Dutch mansion, (b) a 
colonial fireplace, (c) a colonial kitchen. 



LATER REGENTS HISTORY QUESTIONS 337 

591. Define or explain hvo of the following: (a) 
the Stamp Act, (b) the Townshend Acts, (c) the 
Mutiny Act, (d) Writs of Assistance. 

592. (a) Mention four important cities in the 
colonies during the American Kevolution. Which 
of the cities mentioned was (b) the largest, (c) the 
longest held by the British troops ? 

593. Give iliree reasons why Burgoyne was forced 
to surrender. 

594. Explain what Washington meant by saying 
of the government of the United States (1783- 
1789), "We are one nation to-day, and thirteen to- 
morrow." 

595. State three important powers given to Con- 
gress by the Constitution of the United States. 

596. (a) Mention the two houses of Congress. 
State in regard to the houses of Congress (b)'how 
the members of each are chosen, (c) why hvo houses 
are better than one. 

597. (a) Mention three important events of Mon- 
roe's administration, (b) Give an account of one 
event mentioned. 

598. Mention five important events of the Civil 
War and show the importance of each. 

599. Mention and explain an important result of 
the invention of each of the following: (a) the cotton- 
gin, (b) the sewing-machine, (c) the electric tele- 
graph. 

600. Show what additions of territory have been 
gained by the United States through conquest. 



LATER 



Eepits Oiestions In Sjellini 



1895-1904 



BEING ALL THE WORDS IN SPELLING GIVEN DURING THE YEARS 

NAMED IN EXAMINATIONS CONDUCTED BY THE REGENTS 

OF THE UNIVERSITY OP THE^STATE OF NEW YORK 



PREPARED BY 

C. W. BARDKEN 

EDITOR OF THE SCHOOL BULLETIN 




SYRACUSE, N. Y 

C. W. BARDEEN, Publisher 



Copyright, 1906, by C. W. Bardeen 



PREFACE 

So far as we know this form of giving out words in- 
spelling was first used in the regents examinations;, 
certainly I have not seen it in print elsewhere at an 
earlier date. It was used in the first examination in 
spelling given by the regents, on Nov. 7, 1866, and 
was continued eight years, lists of disconnected words- 
being given for the first time Nov. 6, 1874— why, I do 
not know, unless because it was much less trouble. 
This form was resumed Feb. 26, 1880, and has always- 
been considered characteristic of the regents exam- 
inations. 

It has many advantages. The use of the words in. 
matter read consecutively makes unnecessary any ex- 
planations as for instance whether the word practice is- 
a noun or a verb; it suggests definitions, and makes 
the exact meaning of words familiar; it is in some ways 
a combination of oral and written spelling, .with the 
advantages of both. 

When the selections are carefully made, as here, it 
gives acquaintance with good literature, and the use of 
words by skilled authors. The 58 selections given are 
from 45 different authors, and the pupil will instinct- 
ively feel the difference in their styles. Hayne is rep- 
resented as well as Sumner, Jefferson Davis as well as 
Daniel Webster. You may have the stateliness of 
Washington or the familiar ease of Irving, the swelling 
periods of Hume or the simple statements of Emerson. 
The list of authors on the next page enables the teaicher 
to select what will best fit the needs of each day. 



List of Authors Quoted 

Abbott 367 Lacy 423 

Anonymous 401 Lodge ~ 391 

418, 425,428, 437, 438 Lowell 386 

Baker 414 Lusk 408 

Bonsai 416 Macaulay 348 

Burke 395 350, 388, 390 

Clavering 432 Mahan 399 

Conant 406 Matthews 419 

Davis 393 Mattox 398 

Dickinson" 426 Paine 409 

Eastman 404 Prescott 374 

Emerson 346 Qnincy 375 

Fawcett 413 Seward 370 

Francis 411 Smink 421 

Froude 356 Southey 433 

Greeley 396 Sread 403 

Hawthorne'' 399 Sumner 364 

Hayne 383 Thurber 353 

Hume 361,435 Verplanck 430 

Irving 351, VVashington 345, 369, 377 

355, 363,366, 382, 385 Webster .... 360, 372, 38 

Kirkland 358 



LATER REGENTS QUESTIONS IN SPELLING 

1895 — 1904 

I. Janvary 23, 1895 

(1) There is an (2) opinion, that (3) parties in 
free (4) countries are (5) useful (6) checks upon 
the (7) administration of the (8) government, and 
(9) serve to keep (10) alive the (11) spirit of (12) 
liberty. This (13) Avithin (14) certain (15) limits 
is (16) probably (17) true, and in governments of 
a (18) monarchical cast, (19) patriotism may look 
with (20) indulgence, if not with (21) favor, upon 
the spirit of (22) party. But in (23) those of the 
(24) popular (25) character, in governments (26) 
purely (27) elective, it is a spirit not to be (28) 
encouraged. From their (29) natural (30) tend- 
ency, it is certain there will (31) always be (32) 
enough of that spirit for (33) every (34) salutary 
(35) purpose. And there being (36) constant (37) 
danger of (38) excess, the (39) effort (40) ought 
to be, by (41) force of (42) public opinion to (43) 
mitigate and (44) assuage it . . . (45) Ob- 
serve good faith and (46) justice (47) towards all 
nations; (48) cultivate (49) peace and (50) har- 
mony with all. (51) Religion and (52) morality 
(53) enjoin this (54) conduct; and can it be, that 
good (55) policy does not (56) equally enjoin it? 
It will be (57) worthy of a free, (58) enlightened, 

345 



346 LATER REGENTS QUESTIONS 

and at no (59) distant (60) period a great nation, 
to give to (61) mankind the (62) magnanimous and 
(63) too (64) novel (65) example of a people al- 
v^ays (66) guided by an (67) exalted justice and 
(68) benevolence. Who can (69) doubt that in the 
(70) course of time and things, the (71) fruits of 
such a plan would (72) richly repay any (73) tem- 
porary (74) advantages, which might be lost by a 
(75) steady (76) adherence to it? Can it be that 
(77) providence has not (78) connected the (79) 
permanent (80) felicity of a nation with its (81) 
virtues? . . . Alas! is it (82) rendered (83) 
impossible by its (84) vices? In the (85) execu- 
tion of such a plan, nothing is more (86) essential, 
than that permanent, (87) inveterate (88) antip- 
athies (89) against (90) particular nations, and 
(91) passionate (92) attachments for others, should 
be (93) excluded; and that, in place of them, just 
and (94) amicable feelings towards all should be 
cultivated. The nation which indulges towards an- 
other an (95) habitual hatred, or an habitual fond- 
ness, is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its 
(96) animosity or to its (97) affection, either of 
which is (98) sufficient to lead it (99) astray from 
its duty and its (100) interest. — Washington's- 
Farewell Address. 

II. March 31, 1895 

(1) Gentlemen, the (2) development of (3) our 
American (4) internal (5) resources, the (6) ex- 
tension to the (7) utmost of the (8) commercial (9) 



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system, and the (10) appearance of new (11) moral 
(12) causes (13) which are to (14) modify the 
state, are (15) giving an (16) aspect of (17) great- 
ness to the (18) future, which the (19) imagination 
(20) fears to open. (21) One thing is (22) plain 
for all men of (23) common (24) sense and common 
(25) conscience, that (26) here, here in (27) 
America, is the (28) home of man. After all the 
(29) deductions which are to be (30) made for our 
(31) pitiful (32) politics, which (33) stake every 
(34) gravest (35) national (36) question on the 
(37) silly (38) die (39) whether James or whether 
(40) Robert shall sit in the (41) chair and hold the 

(42) purse; after all the deduction is made for our 

(43) frivolities and (44) insanities, (45) there 
(46) still (47) remains an (48) organic (49) sim- 
plicity and (50) liberty, which, when it (51) loses 
its (52) balance, (53) redresses (54) itself (55) 
presently, which (56) offers (57) opportunity to the 
(58) human (59) mind not (60) known in any 
other (61) region. . . (62) Commanding (63) 
worth and (64) personal (65) power must sit (66) 
crowned in all (67) companies, nor will (68) extra- 
ordinary persons be (69) slighted or (70) affronted 
in any (71) company of (72) civilized men. But 
the system is an (73) invasion of the (74) senti- 
ment of (75) justice and the (76) native (77) 
rights of men, which, (78) however (79) decorated, 
must (80) lessen the (81) value of English (82) 
citizenship. It is for (83) Englishmen to (84) 
consider, not for us ; we (85) only say. Let us live in 



348 LATEJl REGENTS QUESTIONS 

America, (86) too (87) thankful for our (88) want 
of (89) feudal (90) institutions. . . If only the 
men are (91) employed in (92) conspiring with the 
(93) designs of the spirit who led us (94) hither 
and is leading us still, we shall (95) quickly (96) 
enough advance out of all hearing of others' (97) 
censures, out of all (98) regrets of our own, into a 
new and more (99) excellent social state than history 
has (100) recorded. — Emerson. 

III. June 12, 1895 

In the temper of (1) Bacon — we (2) speak of 
Bacon the (3) philosopher, not of Bacon the (4) 
lawyer and (5) politician — (6) there was a (7) 
singular (8) union of (9) audacity and (10) so- 
briety. The (11) true (12) philosophical (13) 
temperament may, we think, he (14) described in 
(15) four (16) words— (17) much hope, (18) 
little (19) faith; a (20) disposition to (21) believe 
that (22) anything, (23) however (24) extraordi- 
nary, may be (25) done; an indisposition to believe 
that anything extraordinary has (26) been done. 
In (27) these (28) points the (29) constitution of 
Bacon's (30) mind seems to us to have been (31) 
absolutely (32) perfect. (33) Closely (34) con- 
nected with this (35) peculiarity of Bacon's (36) 
temper, was a (37) striking peculiarity of his (38) 
understanding. With (39) great (40) minuteness 
of (41) observation, he had an (42) amplitude of 
(43) comprehension (44) such as has (45) never yet 
been (46) vouchsafed to any (47) other (48) human 



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349 



being. The (49) essays (50) contain (51) abundant 
(52) proofs that no (53) nice (54) feature of (55) 
character, no peculiarity in the (56) ordering of a 
(57) house, a (58) garden, or a court-masque, could 
(59) escape the (60) notice of one (61) whose mind 
was (62) capable of (63) taking in the (64) whole 
(65) world of (66) knowledge." . . . In (67) 
keenness of observation he has been (68) equaled, 
(69) though (70) perhaps never (71) surpassed. 
But the (72) largeness of his mind was all his (73) 
own. " I have taken," said Bacon, in a (74) letter 

(75) written, when he was only thirty-one, to his 

(76) uncle Lord Burleigh — "I have taken all 
knowledge to be my (77) province." In any other 
young man, (78) indeed in any other man, this (79) 
would have been a (80) ridiculous (81) flight of 

(82) presumption. There have been thousands of 

(83) better (84) mathematicians, (85) astrono- 
mers, (86) chemists, (87) physicians, (88) bota- 
nists, (89) mineralogists, than Bacon. ]^o man 
would go to Bacon's works to learn any (90) par- 
ticular (91) science or art, any more than he would 
go to a twelve-inch globe in order to find his way 
from Kennington (92) turnpike to Clapham (93) 
common. The art which Bacon (94) taught was the 
art of (95) inventing (96) arts. The knowledge 
in which Bacon (97) excelled all men was a knowl- 
edge of the (98) mutual (99) relations of all (100) 
departments of knowledge. — Macaulay. 



350 LATEE REGENTS QUESTIONS 

IV. September 25, 1895 

To (1) reverse the rod, to spell the charm (2) 
backward, to (3) break the (4) ties which (5) 
bound a (6) stupefied people to the seat of (7) en- 
chantment, was the noble (8) aim of (9) Milton. 
To this all his (10) public (11) conduct was (12) 
directed. Tor this he (13) joined the (14) presby- 
terians ; for this he (15) forsook them. He (16) 
fought their (IT) perilous (18) battle; but he (19) 
turned away with (20) disdain from their (21) in- 
solent (22) triumph. He saw that they, like those 
whom they (23) vanquished, were (24) hostile to 
the (25) liberty of (26) thought. He (2Y) there- 
fore joined the (28) independents, and called upon 
(29) Cromwell to break the (30) secular (31) chain, 
and to save free (32) conscience from the paw of the 
presbyterian (33) wolf. With a (34) view to the 
same great (35) object, he (36) attacked the (37) 
licensing (38) system, in that (39) sublime (40) 
treatise which every (41) statesman could wear as a 
(42) sign upon his hand and as (43) frontlets be- 
tween his eyes. His attacks were, in (44) general, 
directed less against (45) particular (46) abuses 
than (47) against those deeply (48) seated (49) er- 
rors on which almost all abuses are founded, the 
(50) servile (51) worship of (52) eminent men and 
the (53) irrational dread of (54) innovation. 

That he (55) might shake the (56) foundations 
of these (57) debasing (58) sentiments more (59) 
effectually, he always (60) selected for himself the 



SPELLING 351 

(61) boldest (62) literary (63) services. He never 
came up in the (64) rear, when the (65) outworks 
had been carried and the (66) breach (67) en- 
tered. He pressed into the (68) forlorn hope. At 
the (69) beginning of the (70) changes, he (71) 
wrote with (72) incomparable (73) energy and 
(74) eloquence against the (75) bishops. But 
when his (76) opinion seemed (77) likely to (78) 
prevail, he (79) passed on to other subjects, and 
(80) abandoned (81) prelacy to the (82) crowd 
of (83) -wTiters who now (84) hastened to insult 
a (85) falling (86) party. There is no more (87) 
hazardous (88) enterprise then that of (89) bearing 
the (90) torch of truth into those dark and (91) 
infected (92) recesses, in which no light has ever 
(93) shone. But it was the (94) choice and the 
(95) pleasure of Milton to (96) penetrate the (97) 
noisome (98) vapors, and to brave the (99) terrible 
(100) explosion. — Macaulay. 

y. January 29, 1896 

(1) Columbus (2) arrived at (3) Lisbon about 
the year 1470. H© was at that time in the full (4) 
vigor of (5) manhood, and of an (6) engaging (7) 
presence. (8) Minute (9) descriptions are (10) 
given of his (11) person by his son (12) Fernando, 
by Las Casas, and others of his (13) contemporaries. 
(14) According to these (15) accounts, he was tall, 
well formed, (16) muscular, and of an (17) elevated 
and (18) dignified (19) demeanor. His (20) vis- 
age was long and (21) neither (22) full nor 



352 LATER REGENTS QUESTIONS 

meager; his (23) complexion fair and (24:) 
freckled, and (25) inclined to (26) ruddy; his nose 
(27) aquiline; his cheek bones (28) were rather 
high, his eyes light gray, and apt to (29) enkindle; 
his (SO) whole (31) coimtenance had an air of (32) 
authority. His hair, in his (33) youthful days,, 
was of a light (34) color; but care had (35) trouble,, 
according to Las Casas, soon turned it gray, and at 
thirty years of age it was quite white. He was (36) 
moderate and simple in (37) diet and (38) apparel, 
(39) eloquent in (40) discourse, (41) engaging and 
(42) affable with strangers, and his (43) amiable- 
ness and (44) suavity in (45) domestic life strongly 
(46) attached his (47) household to his person. 
His temper was (48) naturally (49) irritable; but 
he (50) subdued it by the (51) magnanimity of his 
(52) spirit, (53) comporting himself with a (54) 
courteous and gentle (55) gravity, and never (56) 
indulging in any (57) intemperance of (58) lan- 
guage. (59) Throughout his life he was noted for 
strict (60) attention to the (61) offices of (62) reli- 
gion, (63) observing (64) rigorously the fasts and 
(65) ceremonies of the church; nor did his (QQ) 
piety consist in (67) mere forms, but partook of that 
lofty and (68) solemn (69) enthusiasm with (70) 
which his whole (71) character was strongly (72) 
tinctured. While at Lisbon, he was (73) accus- 
tomed to attend religious (74) service at the (75) 
chapel of the convent of All Saints. In this con- 
vent were (76) certain (77) ladies of rank, either 
(78) resident as boarders, or in some religious (79) 



SPELLING 353 

capacity. With one of these Oolumbus became ac- 
quainted. The (80) acquaintance soon (81) 
ripened into (82) attachment, and ended in (83) 
marriage. It (84) appears to have been a match of 
mere (85) affection, as the lady Avas (86) destitute 
of (87) fortune. The newly married (88) couple 
(89) resided with the mother of the bride. The 
mother (90) perceiving the (91) interest which 
Columbus took in all matters (92) concerning the 
sea, (93) related to him all she knew of the (94) 
voyages and (95) expeditions of her lat© husband;^, 
and (96) brought him all his (97) papers, (98) 
charts, (99) journals, and (100) memorandums. 
— lining. 

VI. March 25, 1896 

(1) \m\\\e, (2) therefore, (3) many (4) 
writers are (5) interesting in (6) their (7) several 
ways, Macaulay's way (8) lies (9) peculiarly in the 
(10) direction of (11) provocation to (12) further 
(13) examination both of his (14) main (15) topics 
and of his (16) incidental (17) references. An in- 
terested (18) reader (19) always reads (20) con- 
centrically; that is, with some (21) nucleus about 
(22) which books and (23) authors (24) group 
themselves with more or less (25) mutual (26) rela- 
tion. Such a center is sure to be found in one or 
(27) another (28) essay of (29) Macaulay. 
(30) Each essay (31) requires at once^ (32) certain- 
further (33) research. The other essays are soon 
found to help (34) wonderfully (35) towards the 



■354 LATER REGENTS QUESTIONS 

(36) understanding of tlie one first read. This 
reading must be done with (37) pencil in hand. 
The reader's own (38) notes thus become his all- 
sufficient (39) guide in (40) choosing his next 
books. Thus reading becomes (41) organic, having 
a (42) principle of (43) structure, a (44) clear aim 
^and (45) purpose, (46) instead of being (47) 
amorphous, with (48) here a book and (49) there 
•a book (50) picked up by (51) chance or at the (52) 
advice of another person. For (53) example, the 
essays of Macaulay (54) touching eighteenth-cen- 
tury (55) themes (56) suggest an (57) immense 
Tange of (58) possible reading of a most interesting 
(59) character. The (60) stimulus which these es- 
says give to such reading is far more (61) potent 
than the pages of (62) histories of (63) literature 
could be, for the (64) reason that in the essays we 
•see and feel the (65) effects of reading upon the cul- 
ture and the (QQ) power of a writer, while the his- 
tories give us only (67) external facts. The young 
reader is (68) apt to ask for a list of books to read, 
and the old (69) adviser is (70) often (71) too (72) 
willing to (73) accede to the (74) request. But 
(75) prearranged (76) lists of books are (77) fatal 
to (78) inner, (79) spontaneous interest. IN'o one 
reads (80) through a list (81) except under (82) 
duress. ISTot a list of (83) items to be (84) checked 
off, but a center, a starting-point, is the true gift of 
the school-room (85) mentor to his (86) learners. 
The lines of (87) progress that (88) radiate from a 
good (89) center are (90) infinite both in their (91) 



SPELLING 355 

number and in their (92) extent. All good read- 
ing is (93) gradually (94) included within their 
(95) reach. The (96) atoms of (97) acquisition 
■come in this way to (98) cohere and to take (99) 
shape in well-rounded (100) culture. — Samuel 
Thurher. 

VII. June 17, 1896 

I (1) endeavored to form some (2) arrangement 
in my mind of the (3) objects I had (4) been (5) 
contemplating, but found they (6) were (7) already 
(8) fallen into (9) indistinctness and (10) con- 
fusion, l^ames, (11) inscriptions, (12) trophies, 
had all (13) become (14) confounded in my (15) 
recollection, (16) though I had (17) scarcely (18) 
taken my foot from off the (19) threshold. What, 
(20) thought I, is this vast (21) assemblage of (22) 
sepulchres but a (23) treasury of (24) humiliation, 
a (25) huge pile of (26) reiterated (27) homilies on 
the (28) emptiness of (29) renown and the (30) 
■certainty of (31) oblivion! It is, (32) indeed, the 
(33) empire of death — his (34) great (35) shad- 
owy (36) palace, (37) where he sits in state, (38) 
mocking at the (39) relics of (40) human (41) 
glory, and (42) spreading dust and (43) forgetful- 
ness on the (44) monuments of (45) princes. How 
(46) idle a (47) boast, after all, is the (48) im- 
mortality of a name! Time is ever (49) silently 
(50) turning over his (51) pages; we are (52) too 
much (53) engrossed by the (54)) story of the (55) 
present to think of the (56) characters and (57) 



356 LATEK REGENTS QUESTIONS 

anecdotes that gave (58) interest to tlie (59) past; 
and each age is a (6C) volume (61) thrown aside, 
to be (62) speedily (63) forgotten. The (64) idol 
of (65) to-day (QQ) pushes the (6Y) heroes of (68) 
yesterday out of our recollection ; and will in turn be 
(69) supplanted by his (TO) successor of (Tl) to- 
morrow. Our (72) fathers find (Y3) their graves. 
in our short (74) memories, and sadly tell us how we 
may be (75) buried in our (76) survivors. (77) 
History fades into (78) fable; fact (79) becomes 
clouded with (80) doubt and (81) controversy; the 
inscription (82) moulders from the (83) tablet; 
the (84) statue falls from the (85) pedestal. (86) 
Columns, (87) arches, (88) pyramids — what are 
they but (89) heaps of sand, and their (90) epitaphs 
but characters (91) written in the dust? What is. 
the (92) security of a (93) tomb, or the (94) per- 
petuity of an (95) embalmment? The (96) re- 
mains of Alexander the Great have been scattered to- 
the winds and his empty (97) sarcophagus is now 
the (98) mere (99) curiosity of a (100) museum. 
— Irving. 

YIII. June 11, 1896 

In the (1) remotest (2) double star which the 
(3) telescope can divide for us, we see working the 
same (4) familiar forces which govern the (5) revo- 
lutions of the (6) planets of our own (7) system.. 
The (8) spectrum (9) analysis finds the (10) vapors, 
and the (11) metals of earth in the (12) aurora 
and in the (13) nucleus of a (14) comet. (15) 



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Similarly we have no reason to (16) believe that in 
the past condition of the earth, or of the earth's (17) 
inhabitants, there were (18) functions (19) energiz- 
ing of which we have no (20) modern (21) counter- 
parts. 

At the (22) dawn of (23) civilization, when men 
began to observe and think, they found themselves in 
(24) possession of (25) various (26) faculties — 
first their five senses, and then (27) imagination, 
fancy, (28) reason, and (29) memory. They did 
not (30) distinguish one from the other. They 
■did not know why one (31) idea of which they were 
(32) conscious should be more true than another. 
They looked round them in (33) continual surprise, 
(34) conjecturing (35) fantastic (36) explanations 
of all they saw and heard. Their (37) traditions 
and their (38) theories (39) blended one into (40) 
another, and their cosmogonies, their (41) philos- 
ophies and their (42) histories are all alike (43) 
imaginative and (44) poetical. It was never per- 
haps (45) seriously believed as a (46) scientific 
(47) reality that the sun was the (48) chariot of 
(49) Apollo, or that (50) Saturn had (51) devoured 
his (52) children, or that Siegfried had been (53) 
bathed in the (54) dragon's blood, or that (55) 
earthquakes and (56) volcanoes were caused by (57) 
buried (58) giants, who were (59) snorting and 
(60) tossing in (61) their sleep; but also it was not 
disbelieved. 

The (62) original (63) historian and the original 
man of science were alike the poet. (64) Before the 



358 LATER REGENTS QUESTIONS 

art of (65) writing was (66) invented, exact (6Y) 
knowledge was (68) impossible. The poet's (69) 
business was to (70) throw into (71) beautiful 
shapes the (72) current (73) opinions, traditions,, 
and (74) beliefs; and the (75) gifts (76) required 
of him were (77) simply memory, imagination, and 
(78) music. Each (79) celebrated (80) minstrel 
sang his (81) stories in his own way, (82) adding 
to them, (83) shaping them, (84) coloring them, as 
(85) suited his (86) peculiar (87) genius. The 
(88) Iliad of (89) Homer, the most (90) splendid 
(91) composition of this kind which (92) exists in 
the world, is simply a (93) collection of (94) bal- 
lads. The (95) tale of Troy was the (96) heroic 
story of (97) Greece (98) which (99) every tribe 
(100) modified or rearranged. — Jatmes Anthony 
Froude. 

IX. Septernber 23, 1896 

(1) Self-love is in (2) alliance (3) with (4) 
principle to (5) endear a (6) home, a (7) native 
land, to (8) every (9) human (10) heart; to give us. 
an (11) interest in (12) society with which we must, 
rise and fall; to (13) engage our (14) attachments 
to the spot (15) where we (16) first (17) drew our 
(18) breath, and where our (19) tender (20) in- 
fancy was (21) reared; with which are (22) as- 
sociated (23) all the (24) soothing (25) remem- 
brances of (26) early (27) years, and all our (28) 
hopes of (29) quiet and (30) serenity in the (31) 
evening of our days. 



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The (32) sympathies and (33) affections which 
(34) grow out of the (35) near (36) relations of 
(37) private life, (38) constitute (39) elements of 
the love of (40) country. It (41) presents (42) in- 
self to our (43) thoughts with the (44) recollec- 
tion of a (45) mother's (46) smile, a father's (47) 
revered (48) image; -with the loved (49) idea of a 
(50) spouse and (51) child, a (52) brother and sis- 
ter, a (53) benefactor and (54) friends, and from 
this (55) connection has a (56) power over our (57) 
feelings that makes (58) patriotism an (59) in- 
stinct. 

A (60) common interest in (61) ancestral (62) 
worth (63) promotes this affection. We love our 
country for the (64) sake of those who have loved 
and (65) served it in (QQ) former and (67) later 
(68) periods; (69) honored (70) worthies (71) 
whose labors have (72) subdued her (73) fields, and 
(74) wisdom (75) guided her (76) councils, and 
(77) eloquence (78) swayed her (79) assemblies; 
whose (80) learning and (81) talents have (82) ex- 
alted her name; Avhose (83) piety has (84) sustained 
her (85) churches and (86) valor (87) defended her 
(88) borders. 

(89) Religious sentiments and (90) emotions 
(91) hallow the feelings that unite us to our own 
land and to one (92) another. The marks of (93) 
divine (94) favor (95) shown to our nation, the 
(96) striking (97) interpositions of divine Provi- 
dence in our (98) behalf, can not fail to (99) en- 



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liven the patriotic sentiments of a (100) pious mind. 
— John Thornton Kirhland. 

X. January 21, 1891 

Mr. (1) President, — The (2) gentleman from 
South (3) Carolina has (4) admonished us to be 
(5) mindful of the (6) opinions of those who shall 
come after us. We must take our (Y) chance, sir, 
as to the (8) light in which (9) posterity will (10) 
regard us. I do not (11) decline its (12) judg- 
ment, nor (13) withhold myself from its (14) 
scrutiny. (15) Feeling that I am (16) performing 
my (17) public (18) duty with (19) singleness of 
(20) heart and to the best of my (21) ability, I (22) 
fearlessly trust (23) myself to the (24) country now 
and (25) hereafter, and (26) leave both my (27) 
motives and my (28) character to its (29) decision. 

The gentleman has (30) terminated his (31) 
speech in a tone of (32) threat and (83) defiance 
(34) towards this bill, even should it (35) become 
a law of the land, (36) altogether (37) unusual in 
the halls of (38) congress. But I shall not (39) 
suffer myself to be (40) excited into (41) warmth 
by his (42) denunciation of the (43) measure which 
I (44) support. (45) Among the feelings which at 
this (46) moment fill my (47) breast, not the least is 
that of (48) regret at the (49) position in which the 
gentleman has (50) placed himself. Sir, he (51) 
does himself no (52) justice. The (53) cause 
which he has (54) espoused finds no (55) basis in 
the (56) constitution, no (57) succor from public 



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(58) sympathy, no (59) clieering from a (60) pa- 
triotic (Gl) community. He has no (62) foothold 
on which to stand while he might (63) display the 
(64) powers of his (65) acknowledged (66) talents. 
(67) Everything (68) beneath his feet is (69) hol- 
low and (70) treacherous. He is like a strong man 
(71) struggling in a (72) morass: every (73) effort 
to (74) extricate himself only sinks him (75) deeper 
and deeper. And I fear the (76) resemblance may 
be (77) carried still (78) farther; I fear that no 
(79) friend can (80) safely come to his (81) relief; 
that no one can (82) approach near (83) enough to 
hold out a (84) helping hand, without (85) danger 
of going down himself also into the (86) bottom- 
less (87) depths of this Serbonian bog. 

The (88) honorable gentleman has (89) declared 
that on the decision of the (90) question now in 
(91) debate may (92) depend the cause of (93) 
liberty (94) itself. I am of the same opinion; but 
then, sir, the liberty which I think is (95) staked 
on the (96) contest is not (97) political liberty in 
any (98) general and (99) undefined character, but 
our own well-understood and long-enjoyed (100) 
American liberty. — Daniel Webster. 

XL January 21, 1891 

(1) There (2) are (3) few (4) great (5) person- 
ages in (6) history (7) who have (8) been more (9) 
exposed to the (10) calumny of (11) enemies, and 
the (12) adulation of (13) friends, than (14) 
Queen (15) Elizabeth, and yet there is (16) scarce 



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(17) any (18) whose (19) reputation has been more 
(20) certainly (21) determined by the (22) unani- 
mous (23) consent of (24) posterity. The (25) 
unusual (26) length of her (27) administration, and 
the strong (28) features of her (29) character, (30) 
■were able to (31) overcome all (32) prejudices; and 
(33) obliging her (34) detractors to (35) abate 
much of (36) their (37) invectives, and her (38) 
admirers (39) somewhat of their (40) panegyrics,, 
have, at last, in (41) spite of (42) political (43) 
factions, and, what is more, of (44) religious (45) 
animosities, (46) produced a (47) imiform (48) 
judgment with (49) regard to her (50) conduct. 
Her (51) vigor, her (52) constancy, her (53) mag- 
nanimity, her (54) penetration, (55) vigilance, 
(56) address, are (57) allowed to (58) merit the 
(59) highest (60) praises, and (61) appear not to 
have been (62) surpassed by any person who ever 
(63) filled a (64) throne: a conduct less (65) rigor- 
ous, less {QQ) imperious, more (67) sincere, more 
(68) indulgent to her (69) people, would have been 
(70) requisite to form a (71) perfect character. 
By the (72) force of her mind, she (73) controlled 
all her more (74) active and (75) stronger (76) 
qualities, and (77) prevented them from (78) run- 
ning into (79) excess. Her (80) heroism was (81) 
exempt from all (82) temerity, her (83) frugality 
from (84) avarice, her (85) friendship from (86) 
partiality, her active temper from (87) turbulency 
and a (88) vain (89) ambition. She (90) guarded 
not (91) herself with (92) equal care or equal 



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(03) success from (04) lesser (95) infirmities — 
the (9G) rivalship of (97) beauty, the desire of (98) 
adriiratioii, the (99) jealousy of love, and the (100) 
sallies of anger. — Hume. 

XII. March 2Ji, 1897 

There is (1) something in the (2) character and 
,(3) habits of the jSTorth (4) American (5) savage, 
(6) taken in (7) connection with the (8) scenery 
over which he is (9) acc"ustomed to (10) range, its 
vast lakes, (11) boundless (12) forests, (13) majes- 
tic (1-4) rivers, and (15) trackless (16) plains, that 
is, to my (17) mind, (18) wonderfully (19) strik- 
ing and (20) sublime. He is (21) formed for the 
(22) wilderness, as the (23) Arab is for the (24) 
desert. His (25) nature is (26) stern, (27) simple 
and (28) enduring; (29) fitted to (30) grapple with 
(31) difficulties and (32) support (33) privations. 
There seems but (34) little (35) soil in his (36) 
heart for the support of the (37) kindly (38) vir- 
tues; and yet, if we (39) would but take the (40) 
trouble to (41) penetrate (42) through that (43) 
proud (44) stoicism and (45) habitual (46) taci- 
turnity, (47) which lock up his character from (48) 
casual (49) observation, we should find him (50.) 
linked to his fellow-man of (51) civilized life by 
more of those (52) sympathies and (53) affections 
than are (54) usually (55) ascribed to him. 

It has been the lot of the (56) unfortunate (57) 
aly)rigines of America, in the (58) early (59) pe- 
riods of (60) colonization, to be (61) doubly (62) 



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wronged by the white men. They have (63) been 
(6-i) dispossessed of (65) their (66) hereditary 
(67) possessions by (68) mercenary and (69) fre- 
quently (70) wanton (71) warfare; and their char- 
acters have been (72) traduced by (73) bigoted and 
(74) interested (75) writers. The (76) colonist 
often (77) treated them like (78) beasts of the for- 
est; and the (79) author has (80) endeavored to 
(81) justify him in his (82) outrages. The for- 
mer found it (83) easier to (8-4) exterminate than 
to civilize; the (85) latter to (86) vilify than to 
(87) discriminate. The (88) appellations of sav- 
age and (89) pagan were (90) deemed (91) suf- 
j&cient to (92) sanction the (93) hostilities of both; 
and thus the (94) poor (95) wanderers of the forest 
were (96) persecuted and (97) defamed, not (98) 
because they were (9.9) guilty, but because they 
were (100) ignorant. — Washington Irving. 

XIII. March 2J^, 1897 

The true (1) greatness of a (2) nation can not 
be in (3) triumphs of the (4) intellect (5) alone. 
(6) Literature and art may (7) widen the (8) 
sphere of its (9) influence; they may (10) adorn it; 
but they are in their (11) nature but (12) acces- 
sories. The true (13) grandeur of (14) humanity 
is in (15) moral (16) elevation, (17) sustained, 
(18) enlightened and (19) decorated by the intellect 
of man. The (20) truest (21) tokens of this gran- 
deur in a state are the (22) diffusion of the greatest 
(23) happiness (24) among the greatest (25) num- 



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ber, and that (26) passionless, God-like (27) justice 
which (28) controls the (29) relations of the state 
to other states, and to all the (30) people who are 
(31) committed to its (32) charge. 

But war (33) crushes with (34) bloody (35) 
heel all justice, all happiness, all that is God-like in 
man. " It is," says the (36) eloquent Robert Hall, 
"the (37) temporary (38) repeal of all the (39) 
principles of (40) virtue." True, it can not be 
(41) disguised that (42) there are (43) passages 
in its (44) dreary (45) annals (46) cheered by 
(47) deeds of (48) generositly and (49) sacrifice; 
but the virtues (50) which shed (51) their (52) 
charm over its (53) horrors are all (54) borrowed 
of (55) peace; they are (56) emanations of the (57) 
spirit of love, which is so strong in the (58) heart of 
man that it (59) survives the (60) rudest (61) as- 
saults. The (62) flowers of (63) gentleness, of 
(64) kindliness, of (65) fidelity, of humanity, 
which (66) flourish in (67) unregarded (68) lux- 
uriance in the rich (69) meadows of peace, (70) re- 
ceive (71) unwonted (72) admiration when we (73) 
discern them in war, like (74) violets (75) shed- 
ding their (76) perfume on the (77) perilous (78) 
edges of the (79) precipice, (80) beyond the (81) 
smiling borders of (82) civilization. God be (83) 
praised for all the (84) examples of (85) magnani- 
mous virtue which he has (86) vouchsafed to man- 
kind. God be praised that the (87) Roman (88) 
emperor, about to start on a distant (89) expedi- 
tion of war, (90) encompassed by (91) squadrons of 



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(92) cavalry and by (93) golden (94) eagles wMcli 
(95) moved in the winds, (96) stooped from his 
(97) saddle to (98) listen to the (99) prayer of the 
(100) humble widov^^, demanding jnstice for the 
death of her son. — Charles Sumner. 

XIV. June 16, 1897 

On one of those (1) sober and (2) rather (3) 
melancholy days in the (4) latter part of autumn, 
when the (5) shadows of (6) morning and (7) 
evening (8) almost (9) mingle (10) together, and 
throw a gloom over the (11) decline of the year, I 
(12) passed (13) several (14) hours in (15) ram- 
bling about (16) Westminster abbey. There was 
(17) something (18) congenial to the (19) season 
in the (20) mournful (21) magnificence of the old 
pile; and, as I passed its (22) threshold, it (23) 
seemed like (24) stepping back into the (25) regions 
of (26) antiquity, and (27) losing (28) myself 
among the (29) shades of former (30) ages. I 
(31) entered from the inner (32) court of West- 
minster school, through a long, low, (33) vaulted 
(34) passage, that had an almost (35) subterranean 
look, (36) being (37) dimly (38) lighted in one 
part by (39) circular (40) perforations in the (41) 
massive walls. Through this dark (42) avenue I 
had a (43) distant (44) view of the (45) cloisters, 
with the (46) figure of an old (47) verger, in his 
black gown, (48) moving along (49) their shadowy 
vaults, and seeming like a (50) specter from one of 
the (51) neighboring (52) tombs. The (53) ap- 



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proach to the (54) abbey through these (55) gloomy 
(56) monastic (57) remains (58) prepares the mind 
for its (59) solemn (60) contemplation. The clois- 
ters still (61) retain something of the (62) quiet and 
(63) seclusion of (64) former days. The gray 
walls are (65) discolored by damps, and (66) 
crumbling with age; a, coat of (67) hoary moss has 
(68) gathered over the (69) inscriptions of the (70) 
mural (71) monuments, and (72) obscured the (73) 
death's head, and other (74) funereal (75) emblems. 
The (76) sharp touches of the (77) chisel are gone 
from the rich (78) tracery of the (79) arches; the 
roses which (80) adorned the (81) keystones have 
lost their (82) leafy (83) beauty; (84) everything 
(85) bears marks of the (86) gradual (87) dilapida- 
tions of time, which yet has something (88) touch- 
ing and (89) pleasing in its very (90) decay. The 
sun was (91) pouring down a (92) yellow (93) 
autumnal ray into the (94) square of the cloisters; 
(95) beaming upon a (96) scanty plot of grass in 
the (97) center, and lighting up an (98) angle of 
the vaulted passages with a kind of (99) dusky 
(100) splendor. — Irving. 

XY. June 16, 1897 

The (1) Biastile (2) stood in the (3) very (4) 
heart of the Faubourg St. Antoine, (5) enormous, 
(6) massive, and (7) blackened with age, the (8) 
gloomy (9) emblem of (10) royal (11) prerogative, 
(12) exciting by its (13) mysterious (14) power 
and (15) menace the (16) terror and the (17) ex- 



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ecration of (18) every one who (19) passed (20) 
beneath the (21) shadow of its (22) towers. (23) 
Even the (24) sports of (25) childhood (26) dare 
not (27) approach the (28) empoisoned (29) at- 
mosphere with (30) which it (31) seemed to be 
(32) 'enveloped. 

M. De Launey was (33) governor of the (34) 
fortress. He was no (35) soldier, but a (36) 
mean, (37) mercenary man, (38) despised by the 
(39) Parisians. He (40) contrived to (41) draw 
from the (42) establishment, by every (43) species 
of (44) crnelty and (45) extortion, an (46) income 
of twenty-five (47) thousand (48) dollars a (49) 
year. 

(50) Apparently the (51) whole of Paris, with 
one (52) united will, was (53) combined (54) 
against the (55) great (56) bulwark of (57) 
tyranny. Men, (58) women, and boys (59) were 
(60) mingled in the fight. (61) Priests, (62) 
nobles, (63) wealthy (64) citizens, and the (65) 
ragged and (QQ) emaciate (67) victims of (68) 
famine were (69) pressing in the (70) frenzied (71) 
assault side by side. The (72) French soldiers were 
now (73) anxious to (74) surrender, but the (75) 
Swiss, (76) sheltered from all (77) chance of harm, 
shot down with (78) deliberate and (79) unerring 
aim (80) whomsoever they (81) would. Four (82) 
hours of the (83) battle had now passed, and (84) 
though but one man had (85) been hurt within the 
fortress, a hundred and seventy-one of the citizens 
had been (86) either killed or (87) wounded. The 



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French soldiers now (88) raised a flag of (89) 
truce upon the towers, while the Swiss continued 
(90) tiring below. This (91) movement (92) 
plnnged De Launey into (93) despair. ... In 
a state almost of (94) delirium he (95) seized 
a match from a (96) cannon and rushed (97) 
towards the (98) magazine, (99) determined to blow 
up the (100) citadel. — John S. C. Abbott. 

XVL January 26, 1898 

The (1) unity of (2) government, which (3) 
constitutes you one (4) people, is also now dear to 
you. It is (5) justly so, for it is a (6) main (Y) 
pillar in the (8) edifice of your real (9) independ- 
ence the (10) support of your (11) tranquillity at 
home, your (12) peace (13) abroad; of your (14) 
safety, of your (15) prosperity, of that very (16) 
liberty which you so (17) highly (18) prize. But 
as it is easy to (19) foresee that, from different (20) 
causes and from different (21) quarters, much pains 
will be taken, many (22) artifices (23) employed, 
to (24) weaken in your minds the (25) conviction of 
this truth, as this is the point in your (26) political 
(27) fortress (28) against which the (29) batteries 
of (30) internal and external (31) enemies will be 
most (32) constantly and (33) actively, though often 
(34) covertly and (35) insidiously, (36) directed, 
it is of (37) infinite (38) moment that you should 
(39) properly (40) estimate the (41) immense (42) 
value of your (43) national (44) union to your (45) 
collective and (46) individual (47) happiness; that 



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you should (48) cherisli a (49) cordial, (50) habit- 
ual, and (51) immovable (52) attachment to it, 
(53) accustoming (54) yourselves to think and 
speak of it as of the (55) palladium of your political 
safety and prosperity, (56) watching for its (57) 
preservation v^ith (58) jealous (59) anxiety, (60) 
discountenancing (61) whatever ma|y (62) suggest 
even a (63) suspicion that it can in any (64) event 
be (65) abandoned, and (66) indignantly (67) 
frowning on the first (68) dawning of every (69) 
•attempt to (70) alienate any (71) portion of our 
(72) country from the rest, or to (73) enfeeble the 
(74) sacred ties which now link (75) together the 
(76) various parts. 

For this you have every (77) inducement of (78) 
■sympathy and (79) interest. (80) Citizens, by 
birth or choice, of a (81) common country, that 
•countrj^ has a right to (82) concentrate your (83) 
affections. The name of (84) American, which 
(85) belongs to you, in your national (86) capacity, 
must (87) always (88) exalt the just pride of (89) 
patriotism more than any (90) appellation (91) 
derived from (92) local (93) discriminations. 
With (94) slight (95) shades of (96) difference, you 
have the same (97) religion, (98) manners, (99) 
habits, and political (100) principles. — Washington. 

XVII. January 26, 1898 

He was (1) indeed (2) eloquent — all the world 
knows that. He held the keys to the (3) hearts of 
his (4) countrymen, and he (5) turned the wards 



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within them with a skill (6) attained by no othei* 
(7) master. But eloquence was (8) nevertheless 
only an (9) instrument, and one of many that he 
used. His (10) conversation, his (11) gesture, his 
vei-y look was (12) magisterial, (13) persuasive, 
(14) seductive, (15) irresistible. And his (16) ap- 
pliance of all these was (17) courteous, (18) pa- 
tient, and (19) indefatigable. (20) Defeat only 
(21) inspired him with new (22) resolution. He 
(23) divided (24) opposition by his (25) assiduity 
of (26) address, while he (27) rallied and (28) 
strengthened his own bands of (29) supporters by 
the (30) confidence of (31) success which, (32) 
feeling himself, he (33) easily inspired among his 
(34) followers. 

His (35) affections were high and pure, and (36) 
generous, and the (37) chiefest among them was that 
which the great (38) Italian poet (39) designated as 
the (40) charity of (41) native land. In him that 
charity was an (42) enduring and (43) overpower- 
ing (44) enthusiasm, and it (45) influenced all his 
(46) sentiments and (47) conduct, (48) rendering 
him more (49) impartial (50) between (51) con- 
flicting (52) interests and (53) sections than any 
other (54) statesman who has lived since the (55) 
revolution. Thus with very great (56) versatility 
of (57) talent, and the most (58) catholic (59) 
equality of (60) favor, he (61) identified every 
(62) question, whether of (63) domestic (64) ad- 
ministration or (65) foreign (()Q) policy, with his 
own great name, and so became a (67) perpetual 



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(68) tribute of the (69) people. He (70) needed 
only to (71) pronounce in favor of a (72) measure 
or against it, here, and (73) immediately (74) pop- 
ular enthusiasm, (75) excited as by a (76) magic 
wand, was felt, (77) overcoming and (78) dissolv- 
ing all opposition in the (79) senate (80) chamber. 
In this way he (81) wrought a change in our (82) 
political (83) system, that I think was not (81) fore- 
seen by its (85) founders. He (86) converted this 
branch of the (87) legislature from a (88) negative 
(89) position, or one of (90) equilibrium between 
the (91) executive and the house of (92) represent- 
atives, into the (93) active (94) ruling (95) power 
of the (96) republic. Only time can (97) disclose 
whether this great (98) innovation shall be (99) 
beneficent, or even (100) permanent. — Seward. 

XVIII. March 23, 1898 

The (1) political (2) prosperity which this (3) 
country has (4) attained, and which it now (5) en- 
joys, has been (6) acquired (7) mainly through the 
(8) instrnmentality of the (9) present (10) gov- 
ernment. While this (11) agent (12) continues, 
the (13) capacity of attaining to still (14) higher 
(15) degrees of prosperity (16) exists also. We 
have, while this lasts, a political life (17) capable 
of (18) beneficial (19) exertion, with (20) power 
to (21) resist or (22) overcome (23) misfortunes, 
to (24) sustain us (25) against the (26) ordinary 
(27) accidents of (28) human (29) affairs, and to 
(30) promote, by (31) active (32) efforts, (33) 



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every (34) public (35) interest. But (36) dismem- 
berment strikes at the very being which (37) pre- 
serves these (38) faculties. It would lay its (39) 
rude and (40) ruthless hand on this (41) great 
agent itself. It would sweep away, not only what 
we possess, but all power of (42) regaining lost, 
or acquiring new (43) possessions. It would (44) 
leave the country, not only (45) bereft of its pros- 
perity and (46) happiness, but without (47) limbs, 
or (48) organs, or faculties, by which to exert (49) 
itself (50) hereafter. . . 

Other misfortunes may be (51) borne, or their 
(52) effects overcome. If (53) disastrous war 
should sweep our (54) commerce from the (55) 
ocean, (56) another (57) generation may (58) re- 
new it; if it (59) exhaust our (60) treasury, (61) 
future (62) industry may (63) replenish it; if it 
(64) desolate and lay (65) waste our fields, still, 
under a new (66) cultivation, they will grow green 
again, and (67) ripen to future (68) harvests. It 
were but a (69) trifle even if the walls of (70) yon- 
der (71) capitol were to (72) crumble, if its (73) 
lofty (74) pillars should fall, and its (75) gorgeous 
(76) decorations be all (77) covered by the dust 
of the (78) valley. All these might be (79) rebuilt. 
But who shall (80) reconstruct the (81) fabric of 
(82) demolished government? Who shall (83) 
frame (84) together the (85) skilful (86) archi- 
tecture which (87) unites (88) national (89) sov- 
ereignty with state (90) rights, (91) individual 
(92) security, and public prosperity? N^o, if these 



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(93) columns fall, they will be (94) raised not 
again. Like the (95) Coliseum and the (96) Par- 
thenon, they will be (9Y) destined to a (98) mourn- 
ful, a (99) melancholy (100) immortality. — Daniel 
Webster. 

XIX. March 23, 1898 

The (1) Spaniards (2) retreat from (3) Mexico.. 
— (4) There was no (5) longer (6) any (Y) ques- 
tion as to the (8) expediency of (9) evacuating the 
(10) capital. The (11) only (12) doubt was as 
to the (13) time of (14) doing so, and tlie (15) 
route. The (16) Spanish (17) commander (18) 
called a (19) coLmcil of (20) officers to (21) delib- 
erate on these (22) matters. It was his (23) pur- 
pose to retreat on Tlascala, and in that capital to 
(24) decide (25) according to (26) circumstances, 
on his (27) future (28) operations. After (29) 
some (30) discussion, (31) they (32) agreed on 
the (33) causeway ofTlacopan as the (34) avenue- 
by which to (35) leave the city. It (36) would, 
(37) indeed, take them back by a (38) circuitous 
route, (39) considerably longer than (40) either of 
those by which they had (41) approached the capi- 
tal. . . 

The (42) general's first care was to (43) provide 
for the safe (44) transportation of the (45) treas- 
ure. (46) Many of the (47) common (48) soldiers 
had converted (49) their (50) share of the (51) 
prize into gold (52) chains, (53) collars, or (54) 
other (55) ornaments (56) which they (57) easily 



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(58) carried about their persons. But the (59) 
royal fifth, (60) together with that of (61) Cortez. 
himself, had (62) been (63) converted into bars. 
and (64) wedges of solid gold, and (65) deposited in 
one of the strong (66) apartments of the (67) pal- 
ace. Cortez (68) delivered the share (69) belong- 
ing to the (70) crown to the royal officers, (71) as- 
signing them one of the (72) strongest horses and a 
(73) guard of (74) Oastilian soldiers to trans- 
port it. 

The night was (75) cloudy, and a (76) drizzling- 
rain, which fell without (77) intermission, added 
to the (78) obscurity. The great (79) square be- 
fore the palace was deserted, as, indeed, it had been 
(80) since the fall of (81) Montezuma. (82) 
Steadily, and as (83) noiselessly as (84) possible,. 
the Spaniards held their way. . . As they passed 
(85) along the lanes and (86) alleys which opened 
into the great street, or looked down the (87) ca- 
nals, (88) whose (89) polished (90) surface (91) 
gleamed with a sort of (92) ebon (93) luster (94)' 
through the obscurity of night, they easily (95) 
fancied that they (96) discerned the (97) shadowy 
forms of their foe (98) lurking in (99) ambush 
and (100) ready to spring upon them. — Prescott.. 

XX. June 15, 1898 

Be not (1) deceived, my (2) countrymen. (3} 
Believe not these (4) venal (5) hirelings, when 
they would (6) cajole you by their (7) subtilties; 
into (8) submission, or (9) frighten you by (10) 



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tlieir (11) vaporings into (12) compliance. When 
they (13) strive to (li) flatter you by the terms 
(15) 'moderation and (16) prudence/ tell them 
that (17) calmness and (18) deliberation are to 
(19) guide the (20) judgment; (21) courage and 
(22) intrepidity (23) command the (24) action. 
When they (25) endeavor to make us (26) ' per- 
ceive our (27) inability to (28) oppose our (29) 
mother country/ let us (30) boldly (31) answer — 
In (32) defense of our (33) civil and (34) religious 
(35) rights, we dare oppose the world; with the God 
of (36) armies on our side, even the God who (37) 
fought our (38) fathers' (39) battles, we fear not 
the hour of (40) trial, though the hosts of our (41) 
enemies should (42) cover the field like (43) lo- 
custs. If this be (44) enthusiasm, we will live and 
die enthusiasts. 

(45) Blandishments will not (46) fascinate us, 
nor will (47) threats of a (48) 'halter' (49) in- 
timidate. For we are (50) determined, that (51) 
wheresoever, or (52) whensoever, or (53) howsoever 
we shall be (54) called to make our (55) exit, we 
will die (56) freemen. Well do we know that all 
the (57) regalia of this world can not (58) dignify 
the death of a (59) villain, nor (60) diminish the 
(61) ignominy with which a slave shall quit (62) 
existence. (63) l^either can it (64) taint the (65) 
imblemished (QQ) honor of a son of (67) freedom, 
though he should make his (68) departure on. the 
(69) already (70) prepared (71) gibbet, or be (72) 
dragged to the (73) newly (74) erected (75) scaf- 



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fold for (76) execution. With the (77) plaudits 
of his country, and what is more, the plaudits of 
his (78) conscience, he will go off the stage. The 
(79) history of his life, his (80) cliildren shall 
(81) venerate. The (82) virtues of their (83) sires 
shall (84) excite their (85) emulation. Who dares 
(86) assert, that (87) everything worth (88) living 
for is not lost, when a (89) nation is (90) enslaved? 
Are not (91) pensioners, (92) stipendiaries, and 
salary -men, (93) unknown (94) before, (95) hourly 
(96) multiplying upon us, to (97) riot in the (98) 
spoils of (99) miserable (100) America? — Josiah 
Qulncy. 

XXI. June 15, 1898 

I (1) rejoice that the (2) state of your (3) con- 
cerns, (4) external as well as (5) internal, no longer 
(6) renders the (7) pursuit of (8) inclination (9) 
incompatible with the (10) sentiment of (11) duty 
or (12) propriety; and am (13) persuaded (14) 
Avhatever (15) partiality may .be (16) retained for 
my (17) services, that, in the (18) present (19) cir- 
cumstances of our (20) country, you will not (21) 
disapprove my (22) determination to retire. 

The (23) impressions with (24) which I first 
(25) undertook the (26) arduous (27) trust were 
(28) explained on the proper (29 occasion. In the 
(30) discharge of this trust I will only say that I 
have with good (31) intentions (32) contributed 
(33) toward the (34) organization and (35) ad- 
ministration of the (36) government the best (37) 



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exertions of which a very (38) fallible (39) judg- 
ment was (40) capable, i^ot (41) unconscious in 
the (42) outset of the (43) inferiority of my (44) 
qualifications, (45) experience in my own (46) eyes, 
(4Y) perhaps still more in the eyes of (48) others, 
has (49) strengthened the (50) motives to (51) 
diffidence of (52) myself; and (53) every day the 
(54) increasing (55) weight of years (56) admon- 
ishes m© more and more that the (57) shade of (58) 
retirement is as (59) necessary to me as it will be 
(60) welcome. (61) Satisfied that, if any circum- 
stances have given (62) peculiar (63) value to my 
services, they were (64) temporary, I have the (65) 
consolation to (66) believe that, while (67) choice 
and prudence invite me to (68) quit the (69) politi- 
cal (70) scene, (71) patriotism does not forbid it. 
In looking (72) forward to the (73) movement 
which is intended to (74) terminate the (75) career 
of my (76) public life, my (77) feelings do not 
(78) permit me to (79) suspend the deep (80) ac- 
knowledgment of that (81) debt of (82) gratitude 
which I owe to my (83) beloved country for the 
(84) many (85) honors it has (86) conferred upon 
me; still more for the (87) steadfast (88) confidence 
with which it has (89) supported me; and for the 
(90) opportunities I have (91) thence (92) en- 
joyed of (93) manifesting my (94) inviolable (95) 
attachment by services (96) faithful and (97) per- 
severing, though in (98) usefulness (99) unequal 
to my (100) zeal. — Washington. 



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XXII. September 28, 1898 

A few (1) feathery (2) flakes are (3) scattered 
■widely (4) through the air, and (5) hover (6) 
downward with (7) "uncertain (8) flight, now (9) 
almost (10) alighting on the (11) earth, now (12) 
whirled (13) again (14) aloft (15) into (16) re- 
mote (17) regions of the (18) atmosphere. These 
are not the big flakes, (19) heavy with (20) mois- 
ture, which melt as they (21) touch the ground, 
and are (22) portentous of a (23) soaking rain. It 
is to be, in good (24) earnest, a (25) wintry storm. 
The (26) two or three (27) people (28) visible on 
the (29) sidewalks have an (30) aspect of (31) 
endurance, a blue-nosed, (32) frosty (33) fortitude, 
which is (34) evidently (35) assumed in (36) an- 
ticipation of a (37) comfortless and (38) bluster- 
ing day. By (39) nightfall, or at (40) least before 
the sun (41) sheds (42) another (43) glimmering 
(44) smile (45) upon us, the street and our (46) 
little (47) garden will be (48) heaped with (49) 
mountain snowdrifts. 

The soil, (50) already frozen for weeks (51) 
past, is (52) prepared to (53) sustain (54) what- 
ever (55) burden may be (56) laid upon it; and, 
to a (57) northern eye, the (58) landscape will (59) 
lose (60) its (61) melancholy (62) bleakness, and 
(63) acquire a (64) beauty of its own, when mother 
earth, like her (65) children, shall have put on the 
(66) fleecy (67) garb of her winter's (68) wear. 
The cloud-spirits are (69) slowly (70) weaving her 



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white (71) mantle. As yet, (72) indeed, (73) 
there is (74) barely a rime-like hoar-frost over the 
brown (75) surf ace of the street; the f76) withered 
green of the grass-plat is still (77) discernible; and 
the (78) slated roofs of the houses do but (79) be- 
gin to look gray, (80) instead of black. All the 
snow that has yet (81) fallen within the (82) cir- 
cumference of my (83) view, were it heaped up 
(84) together, would hardly (85) equal the (86) 
hillock of a grave. Thus (87) gradually, by (88) 
silent and (89) stealthy (90) influence, are (91) 
great (92) changes (93) wrought. These little 
snow-particles, which the storm-spirit flings by (94) 
handfuls through the air, will (95) bury the great 
earth under (96) their (97) accumulated mass, nor 
(98) permit her to (99) behold her sister sky again 
for (100) dreary months. — Nathaniel Hawthorne. 

XXIII. January 25, 1899 

I (1) profess, sir, in my (2) career (3) hitherto, 
to have (4) kept (5) steadily in (6) view the (7) 
prosperity and (8 honor of the (9) whole (10) 
country, and the (11) preservation of our (12) fed- 
eral union. It is to that union we (13) owe our 
(14) safety at (15) home, and our (16) considera- 
tion and (17) dignity (18) abroad. It is to that 
union that we are (19) chiefly (20) indebted for 
(21) whatever makes us most (22) proud of our 
country. That union we (23) reached only by the 
(24) discipline of our (25) virtues in the (26) se- 
vere (27) school of (28) adversity. It had its (29) 



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origin in the (30) necessities of (31) disordered 
(32) finance, (33) prostrate (34) commerce, and 
(35) mined (36) credit. (37) Under its (38) 
benign (39) inflnences, these (40) great (41) in- 
terests. (42) immediately (43) awoke, as from the 
dead, and (44) sprang forth with (45) newness of 
life. (46) Every year of its (47) duration has 
(48) teemed with (49) fresh (50) proofs of its (51) 
utility and its (52) blessings; and, (53) although 
our (54)' territory has (55) stretched out (56) 
wider and wider, and our (57) population (58) 
spread (59) further and further, they have not (60) 
outrun its (61) protection or its (62) benefits. It 
has been to us all a (63) copious (64) fountain of 
(65) national, (66) social, and (67) personal (68) 
happiness. 

I have not (69) allowed (70) myself, sir, to look 
(71) beyond the union, to see what (72) might lie 
(73) hidden in the dark (74) recess (75) behind. 
I have not (76) coolly (77) Aveighed the (78) 
chances of preserving (79) liberty when the bonds 
that (80) unite us (81) together shall be (82) bro- 
ken. (83) asunder. I have not (84) accustomed 
myself to hang over the (85) precipice of (86) dis- 
union, to see (87) whether, with my short sight, I 
can (88) fathom the (89) depth of the (90) abyss 
below; nor could I (91) regard him as a safe (92) 
counselor in the (93) affairs of this (94) govern- 
ment, whose (95) thoughts should be (96) mainly 
bent on considering, not how the union may be best 
preserved, but how (97) tolerable might be the (98) 



382 LATER REGENTS QUESTIONS 

condition of the (99) people when it shall be broken- 
up and (100) destroyed. — Daniel Webster. 

XXIV. January 25, 1899 

There is (1) something (2) awful in the vast 
(3) havoc made (4) among these (5) gigantic (6) 
plants; and, in (7) considering (8) their (9) mag- 
nificent (10) remains, so (11) rudely torn and (12) 
mangled, (13) hurled down to (14) perish (15) 
prematurely on their (16) native (17) soil, I am 
(18) conscious of a strong (19) movement of (20) 
sympathy with the wood-nymphs, (21) grieving to 
be (22) dispossessed of their (23) ancient (24) 
habitations. I (25) recollect also (26) hearing a 
(27) traveler of (28) poetical (29) temperament 
(30) expressing the kind of (31) horror which he 
felt in (32) beholding, on the (33) banks of the 
(34) Missouri, an oak of (35) prodigious size, which 
had been in a (36) manner (37) overpowered by an 
(38) enormous wild grape-vine. The vine had (39) 
clasped its (40) huge folds round the trunk, and 
from (41) thence had (42) wound about every (43) 
branch and twig, until the (44) mighty tree had 
(45) withered in its (46) embrace. It seemed like 
Laocoon (47) struggling (48) ineffectually in the 
(49) hideous (50) coils of the (51) monster Py- 
thon. It was the (52) lion of trees perishing in the 
embrace of a (53) vegetable (54) boa. 

I am fond of (55) listening to the (56) conversa- 
tion of English (57) gentlemen on (58) rural (59) 
concerns, and of (60) noticing with what (61) taste 



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and (62) discrimination, and what strong (63) un- 
affected (64) interest, they will discuss (65) topics, 
which in other (QQ) countries are (67) abandoned 
to (68) mere (69) woodmen or (70) rustic (71) cul- 
tivators. I have heard a noble (72) earl (73) des- 
cant on park and (74) forest (75) scenery, with 
the (76) science and (77) feeling of a (78) painter. 
He (79) dwelt on the shape and (80) beauty of 
(81) particular trees on his (82) estate, with as 
much pride and (83) technical (84) precision as 
(85) though he had been (86) discussing the (87) 
merits of (88) statues in his (89) collection. I 
found that he had gone considerable (90) distances 
to (91) examine trees which were celebrated among 
rural (92) amateurs; for it seems that trees, like 
horses, have their (93) established points of (94) 
excellence, and that (95) there are some in (96) 
England which (97) enjoy very (98) extensive 
(99) celebrity, from being (100) perfect in their 
kind. — Irving. 

XXV. March 29, 1899 
If there be one state in the Union, Mr. President 
(and I say it not in a (1) boastful (2) spirit), that 
may (3) challenge (4) comparisons with any other 
for a (5) uniform, (6) zealous, (7) ardent and (8) 
uncalculating (9) devotion to the Union, that state 
is South Carolina. Sir, from the very (10) com- 
mencement of the (11) revolution up to this hour 
there is no (12) sacrifice, (13) however great, she 
has not (14) cheerfully made, — no (15) sei-vice she 
has ever (16) hesitated to (17) perfonn. She has 



384 LATER REGENTS QUESTIONS 

(18) adhered to you in your (19) prosperity; but 
in your (20) adversity she has clung to you with 
more than (21) filial (22) affection, l^o (23) mat- 
ter what was the (24) condition of her (25) domes- 
tic (26) affairs, (27) though (28) deprived of her 
(29) resources, (30) divided by (31) parties, or 
(32) surrounded with (33) difficulties, the call of 
the (34) country has been to her as the voice of 
God. Domestic (35) discord (36) ceased at the 
sound; every man (37) became at once (38) recon- 
ciled to his (39) brethren, and the sons of (40) 
Carolina were all seen (41) crowding (42) together 
to the (43) temple, (44) bringing their gifts to the 
(45) altar of (46) their (47) common country. 

What, sir, was the (48) conduct of the south 
(49) during the revolution? Sir, I (50) honor ISTew 
England for her conduct in that (51) glorious (52) 
struggle. But, great as is the (53) praise which 
(54) belongs tO' her, I think at (55) least (56) equal 
honor is due to the south. They (57) espoused the 
(58) quarrel of their brethren with a (59) generous 
zeal, which did not suffer them to stop to calculate 
their (60) interest in the (61) dispute. (62) Fa- 
vorites of the (63) mother country, (64) possessed 
of (65) neither ships nor (66) seamen to (67) cre- 
ate a (68) commercial (69) rivalship, they might 
have found in their (70) situation a (71) guarantee 
that their (72) trade would be (73) forever (74) 
fostered and (75) protected by Great (76) Britain. 
But, (77) trampling on all (78) considerations 
either of interest or of (79) safety they (80) rushed 



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inliD the (81) conflict, and, (82) fighting for (83) 
principle, (84) periled all in the (85) sacred (86) 
cause of (87) freedom. (88) Never were there 
(89) exhibited, in the (90) history of the (91) 
world, (92) higher (93) examples of (94) noble 
(95) daring, (96) dreadful (9'7) suffering and 
(98) heroic (99) endurance than by the (100) whigs 
of Carolina. — Hayne. 

XXVI. June IJ^, 1899 

One would (1) suppose that (2) information (3) 
coming from such (4) sources, on a (5) subject 
where the truth is so (6) desirable, would be (7) 
received with (8) caution by the (9) censors of the 
press; that the (10) motives of these men, their 
(11) veracity, their (12) opportunities of (13) in- 
quiry and (14) observation, and their (15) capaci- 
ties for (16) judging (17) correctly, would be (18) 
rigorously (19) scrutinized before their (20) evi- 
dence was (21) admitted, in such (22) sweeping- 
(23) extent, (24) against a (25) kindred nation. 
The very (26) reverse, however, is the case, and it 
(27) furnishes a (28) striking (29) instance of 
(30) human (31) inconsistency. (32) Nothing 
can (33) surpass the (34) vigilance with which 
(35) English (36) critics will (37) examine the 
(38) credibility of the (39) traveler who (40) pub- 
lishes an (41) account of some (42) distant, and 
(43) comparatively (44) unimportant (45) coun- 
try. How (46) wariiy will they compare the (47) 
measurements of a (48) pyramid, or the (49) de- 



.'386 LATER EEGENTS QUESTIONS 

scriptions of a rain; and how (50) sternly will they 
(51) censure any (52) inaccuracy in these (53) 
'Contributions of (54) merely (55) curious (56) 
knowledge: while they will receive, with (5Y) eager- 
ness and (58) unhesitating (59) faith, the (60) 
:gross (61) misrepresentations of (62) coarse and 
(63) obscure (64) writers, (65) concerning a coun- 
try with which their own is placed in the most im- 
portant and (66) delicate (67) relations. ISTay, 
they will even make these (68) apocryphal (69) 
volumes text-books, on which to (70) enlarge with 
a (71) zeal and aji (72) ability (73) worthy of a 
more (74) generous (75) cause. I shall not, how- 
ever, dwell on this (76) irksome and (77) hack- 
neyed (78) topic; nor should I have (79) adverted 
to it, but for the (80) undue (81) interest (82) ap- 
parently taken in it by my countrymen, and (83) 
certain (84) injurious (85) effects which I (86) 
apprehend it might (87) produce upon the (88) 
national feeling. We (89) attach (90) too much 
(91) consequence to these (92) attacks. They can 
not do us any (93) essential injury. The (94) 
tissue of misrepresentations (95) attempted to be 
(96) woven round us are like (97) cobwebs woven 
round the limbs of an infant giant. Our countr^ 
(98) continually outgrows them. One (99) false- 
hood after (100) another falls off of itself. — Irving. 
XXVII. June IJ^, 1899 
And even if we look at more (1) palpable (2) 
difficulties, the (3) problem to be solved by our (4) 
•civil war Avas so (5) vast, both in its (6) immediate 



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(7) relations and its future (8) consequences; the 
(9) conditions of its (10) solution were so (11) in- 
tricate and so (12) greatly (13) dependent on (14) 
incalculable and uncontrollable (15) contingencies; 
so many of the (16) data, (17) whether for hope 
or fear, werei, from (18) their (19) novelty, (20) 
incapable of (21) arrangement under any of the 
(22) categories of (23) historical (24) precedent, 
that there were (25) moments of (26) crises when 
the (27) firmest (28) believer in. the (29) strength 
and (30) sufficiency of the (31) deniocratic (32) 
theory of (33) government might well (34) hold 
hi-s (35) breath in (36) vague (37) apprehension of 
(38) disaster. Our teachers of (39) political (40) 
philosophy, (41) solemnly (42) arguing from the 
precedent of some (43) petty (44) Grecian, (45) 
Italian, or Flemish city, whose long (46) periods 
of (47) aristocracy were broken now and then by 
(48) awkward (49) parentheses of mob, had (50) 
always taught us that democracies were incapable 
of the (51) sentiment of (52) loyalty, of (53) con- 
centrated and (54) prolonged (55) effort, of far- 
reaching (56) conceptions; were (57) absorbed in 
(58) material (59) interests; (60) impatient of 
(61) regular and much more of exceptional (62) 
restraint; had no (63) natural (64) nucleus of 
(65) gravitation, nor (QQ) any (67) forces but 
(68) centrifugal; were always on the verge of civil 
^war, and slunk at last into the natural (69) alms- 
liouse'of (70) bankrupt popular government, a (71) 
Tiiilitary (72) despotism. (73) Here was indeed a 



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(74) dreary outlook for persons wlio knew democ- 
racy, not by (75) rubbing (76) shoulders with it 
(77) lifelong, but (78) merely from books, and 
(79) America only by the (80) report of some fel- 
low Britain, who, having eaten a bad dinner or (81) 
lost a carpet-bag here, had written to The Time^ 
(82) demanding (83) redress, and (84) drawing a 
(85) mournful (86) inference of democratic (87) 
instability. ISTor were men (88) wanting among 
(89) ourselves who had so (90) steeped their (91) 
brains in (92) London (93) literature as to (94) 
mistake Cockney ism for (95) European (96) cul- 
ture, and (97) contempt of their country for (98) 
cosmopolitan (99) breadth of (100) view. — Lowells 

XXYIII. September 27, 1899 

We think that, as (1) civilization (2) advances.. 
(3) poetry (4) almost (5) necessarily (6) declines. 
(7) Therefore, (8) though we (9) fervently (10) 
admire those great (11) works of (12) imagination 
which have (13) appeared in dark (14) ages, we do 
not admire them the more (15) because they have 
appeared in dark ages. On the (16) contrary, we 
hold that the most (17) wonderful and (18) splendid 
(19) proof of (20) genius is a (21) great poem 
(22) produced in a civilized age. We can not (23) 
understand why those who (24) believe in that most 
(25) orthodox (26) article of (27) literary (28) 
faith, that the (29) earliest poets are (30) generally 
the best, (31) should wonder at the rule as if it were 
the (32) exception. (33) Surely the (34) uni- 



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formity of the (35) phenomenon (36) indicates a 
(37) corresponding uniformity in the cause. 

The fact is, that (38) common (39) observers 
(•iO) reason from the (41) progress of the (42) ex- 
perimental (43) sciences to that of the (44) imita- 
tive arts. The (45) improvement of the (46) for- 
mer is (47) gradual and slow. Ages are spent in 
(48) collecting (49) materials, ages more in (50) 
separating and (51) combining them. Even when 
a (52) system has been formed, there is still (53) 
■something to add, to (54) alter, or to (55) reject. 
Every (56) generation (57) enjoys the use of a 
vast (58) hoard (59) bequeathed to it by (60) an- 
tiquity, and (61) transmits that hoard, (62) aug- 
mented by fresh (63) acquisitions, to (64) future 
ages. In these (65) pursuits, therefore, the first 
(66) speculators lie under great (67) disadvantages, 
and, even when they fail, are (68) entitled to (69) 
praise. (70) Their (71) pupils, with far (72) in- 
ferior (73) intellectual (74) powers, (75) speedily 
(76) surpass them in (77) actual (78) attainments. 

(79) Every girl who has read Mrs. Marcet's little 

(80) dialogues on (81) political (82) economy could 
teach Montague or Walpole many lessons in (83) 
finance. Any (84) intelligent man may now, by 
(85) resolutely (86) applying (87) himself for a 
few years to (88) mathematics, learn more than the 
great (89) I^ewton knew after half a. (90) century 
of (91) study and (92) meditation. . . But 
(93) language, the (94) machine of the poet, is best 
fitted for his (95) purpose in its (96) rudest state. 



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(97) :N'ations, like (98) individuals, first (99) per- 
ceive, and then (100) abstract. — Macaulay. 

XXIX. September 21, 1899 

When (1) propositions have been (2) established, 
and (3) nothing (4) remains but to (5) amplify 
and (6) decorate them, this dim (Y) magnificence 
may be in place. But if it is (8) admitted into a 
(9) demonstration, it is very much (10) worse 
than (11) absolute (12) nonsense; just as that (13) 
transparent haze through (14) which the (15) sailor 
sees capes and (16) mountains of (17) false (18) 
sizes and in false (19) bearings is more (20) dan- 
gerous than (21) utter (22) darkness. Now, Mr. 
(23) Gladstone is fond of (24) employing the (25) 
phraseology of which we speak in those parts of his. 
work which (26) require the (27) utmost (28) per- 
spicuity and (29) precision of which (30) human 
(31) language is (32) capable; and in this way he 
(33) deludes, first (34) himself, and then his (35) 
readers. The (36) foundations of his (37) theory, 
which (38) ought to be (39) buttresses of (40) ada- 
mant, are made out of the (41) flimsy (42) mate- 
rials which are fit only for (43) perorations. This. 
(44) fault is one which no (45) subsequent care or 
(46) industry can (47) correct. The more (48) 
strictly Mr. Gladstone (49) reasons on his (50) 
premises, the more (51) absurd are the (52) con- 
clusions which he brings out; and when, at last, his. 
good (53) sense and good (54) nature (55) recoil 
from the (56) horrible (57) practical (58) infer- 



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ences to which his theory leads, he is (59) reduced 
(60) sometimes to take (61) refuge in (62) argu- 
ments (63) inconsistent with his (64) fundamental 
(65) doctrines, and sometimes to (QQ) escape from 
the (67) legitimate (68) consequences of his false 
(69) principles, under cover of (70) equally falsa 
(71) history. 

It would be (72) unjust not to say that his book,. 
(73) though not a good book, shows more (74) tal- 
ent than many good books. It (75) abounds with 
(76) eloquent and (77) ingenious (78) passages.. 
It bears the (79) signs of much (80) patient (81) 
thought. It is (82) written (83) throughout with 
(84) excellent (85) taste and excellent (86) temper;, 
nor does it, so far as we have (87) observed, (88) 
contain one (89) expression (90) unworthy of a 
(91) gentleman, a (92) scholar, or a Christian. 
But the doctrines which are put (93) forth in it, 
(94) appear to us ... to be such as, if (95) 
followed out in practice to (96) their legitimate 
consequences, would (97) inevitably (98) produce 
the (99) dissolution of (100) society. — Macaulay. 

XXX. January 2J^, 1900 

(1) Admiral (2) Dewey (3) employed the first 
two days after his (4) victory in (5) making all 
fast, (6) seizing the (7) arsenal at Cavite and the 
(8) islands at the (9) harbor (10) mouth, and (11) 
announcing a (12) blockade of the port of (13) 
Manila, (14) lying (15) somewhat (16) helpless 
just now before his guns. Then, having (17) pru~ 



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dently cut the (18) cables, he sent to (19) Washing- 
ton a (29) laconic (21) despatch, (22) telling of 
his victory in a few (23) simple (24) sentences, and 
in (25) figures as dry as the (26) mnltiplication 
table. It had one great (27) merit — (28) exact 
truth — a (29) quality much lost and (30) clouded 
in the (31) Spanish (32) reports which had gone 
to (33) Madrid, and from (34) which alone the 
Avorld knew (85) anything of the (36) doings in 
the (37) distant east on May 1. Yet the victory 
had been so (38) absolute, the (39) destruction of 
Montojo's (40) squadron so (41) utter and (42) 
complete, that even the Spanish could not hide the 
(43) facts with (44) language, an (45) exercise 
in which thdy have great (46) proficiency. The 
truth tore its way (47) through the thin (48) 
phrases; it broke the (49) pompous sentences, and 
made itself (50) sufficiently (51) visible to (52) 
Europe. To the great powers there it came with a 
(53) shock. They were not (54) pained by the 
(55) unhappy lot of Spain, for that they (56) re- 
garded with all the (57) philosophy which had just 
(58) manifested itself so (59) attractively in regard 
to poor (60) Greece. The (61) downfall of a, bro- 
ken, (62) bankrupt (63) nation they (64) bore 
well (65) enough; and (66) although they were 
(67) surprised and (68) annoyed by the (69) swift- 
ness, (70) accuracy, and (7l) fighting (72) effi- 
ciency of the (73) Americans, they were (74), pre- 
pared to (75) belittle the whole (76) affair, and 
(77) pretend that it was no such great (78) matter 



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after all. But what shocked and (79) alarmed 
them very (80) seriously (81) indeed was that a 
new power, known to be of great (82) wealth and 
(83) strength, had (84) suddenly swept down on 
Manila, (85) toppled over in (86) ruin the (87) 
harmless (88) remains of Spanish (89) power, and 
in one (90) morning had (91) risen up (92) master 
of a great city, and a (93) disagreeable (94) factor 
of (95) unlimited (96) possibilities in the east, 
where they .were having a (97) "question" and 
(98) starting in to (99) divide the vast empire of 
(100) China.— Lodge. 

XXXI. January 2 J,-, 1900 

Our (1) present (2) condition, (3) achieved in a 
(4) manner (5) unprecedented in the (6) history 
of (7) nations, (8) illustrates the (9) American 
(10) idea that (11) governments rest on the (12) 
consent of the governed, and that it is the (13) 
right of the (14) people to (15) alter and (16) 
abolish governments (17) whenever they (18) be- 
come (19) destructive to the ends for which they 
were (20) established. The (21) declared (22) 
compact of the (23) Union from which we have 
(24) withdrawn was to establish (25) justice, (26) 
insure (27) domestic (28) tranquillity, (29) pro- 
vide for the (30) common (31) defense, (32) pro- 
mote the (33) general (34) welfare, and (35) se- 
cure the (36) blessings of (37) liberty to (38) our- 
selves and our (39) posterity; and when in the (40) 
judgment of the (41) sovereign states now (42) 



394 LATEE EEGENTS QUESTIONS 

composing this (43) confederacy it has been (44) 
perverted from the (45) purposes for which it was 
(46) ordained, and (4Y) ceased to (48) answer the 
ends for which it was established, a (49) peaceful 
(50) appeal tO' the ballot-box declared that, so^ far 
as they were (51) concerned, the government (52) 
created by that compact should cease to (53) exist. 
In this they (54) merely (55) asserted the right 
which the (56) declaration of (57) independence 
of 17Y6 (58) defined to be (59) inalienable. Of 
the time and (60) occasion of this (61) exercise 
they as sovereigns were the (62) final judges, each 
for (63) himself. The (64) impartial, (65) en- 
lightened (QQ) verdict of (67) mankind will (68) 
vindicate the (69) rectitude of our (70) conduct; 
and He who knows the (71) hearts of men will judge 
of the (72) sincerity with which we (73) labored to 
(74) preserve the government of our (75) fathers in 
its (76) spirit, . . 

(77) Sustained by the (78) consciousness that 
the (79) transition from the (80) former Union to 
the present confederacy has not (81) proceeded from 
a (82) disregard on our part of our just (83) ob- 
ligations or any (84) failure to perform (85) every 
(86) constitutional (87) duty, (88) moved by no 
(89) interest or (90) passion to (91) invade the 
rights of others, (92) anxious to (93) cultivate 
peace and (94) commerce with all nations, if we 
may not hope to (95) avoid war, we may at (96) 
least (97) expect that posterity will (98) acquit 
us of having (99) needlessly (100) engaged in it. 
— J. Davis. 



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XXXn. March 28, WOO 

When I first had the (1) honor of a seat in this 
house, the (2) affairs of that (3) continent (4) 
pressed (5) themselves on us as the most (6) im- 
portant and most (Y) delicate (8) object of (9) 
parliamentary (10) attention. My little share in 
this great (11) deliberation (12) oppressed me. I 
found myself a (13) partaker in a very high (14) 
trust; and, (15) having no sort of (16) reason to 
(17) rely on the (18) strength of my (19) natural 
(20) abilities for the (21) proper (22) execution 
of that trust, I was (23) obliged to take more than 
(24) common pains to (25) instruct myself in (26) 
everything which (27) relates to our (28) colonies. 
I was not less under the (29) necessity of (30) 
forming some (31) fixed (32) ideas (33) concern- 
ing the (34) general (35) policy of the (36) British 
empire. ... At that (37) period I had the 
(38) fortune to find myself in (39) perfect (40) 
concurrence with a large (41) majority in this 
house. (42) Bowing under that high (43) author- 
ity, and (44) penetrated with the (45) sharpness 
and strength of that (46) early (47) impression, I 
have continued ever since, without the (48) least 
(49) deviation, in my (50) original (51) senti- 
ments. (52) Whether this be (53) owing to an 
(54) obstinate (55) perseverance in (56) error, or 
to a (57) religious (58) adherence to what (59) 
appears to me truth, and reason, it is in your (60) 
equity to (61) judge. Sir, parliament having an 



396 LATER REGENTS QUESTIONS 

(62) enlarged (63) view of objects, made, (64) 
during this (65) interval, more (66) frequent (67) 
changes in (68) their sentiments and their conduct 
than could be (69) justified in a (70) particular 
person on the (71) contracted (72) scale of (73) 
private (74) information. But though I do not 
(75) hazard anything (76) approaching to a (77) 
censure on the (78) motives of former parliaments 
to all those (79) alterations, one fact is (80) un- 
doubted — ' that under them the state of America 
has been kept in (81) continual (82) agitation. 
Everything (83) administered as (84) remedy to 
the (85) public (86) complaint, if it did not (87) 
produce, was at least (88) followed by, a hightening 
of the (89) distemper; till, by a (90) variety of 
(91) experiments, that important (92) country has 
been (93) brought into her (94) present (95) situ- 
ation — a situation which I vdll not miscall, (96) 
which I dare not name, which I (97) scarcely know 
how to (98) comprehend in the (99) terms of any 
(100) description. — Burke. 

XXXIII. March 28, 1900 

(1) Political (2) compromises, (3) though they 
have been (4) rendered (5) unsavory by (6) abuse, 
are a (7) necessary (8) incident of (9) mixed or 
(10) balanced (11) governments — that is, of all 
but (12) simple, (13) unchecked (14) despotisms. 
(15) Wherever (16) liberty (17) exists, there (18) 
diversities of (19) judgment will be (20) devel- 
oped; and, (21) unless one will (22) dominates over 



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all (23) others, a (24) practical (25) means (26) 
between (27) widely (28) differing (29) convic- 
tions must (30) sometimes be (31) sought. If, for 
(32) example, a (33) legislature is (34) composed 
of two (35) distinct (36) bodies or (37) houses, 
and they differ, as they (38) occasionally will, with 
(39) regard to the (40) propriety or the (41) 
amount of an (42) appropriation (43) required for 
a (44) certain (45) purpose, and (46) neither is 
(47) disposed to give way, a (48) partial (49) con- 
cession on either hand is (50) often the most (51) 
feasible (52) mode of practical (53) adjustment. 
Where the (54) object (55) contemplated is (56) 
novel, or non-essential to the (57) general (58) effi- 
ciency of the (59) public (60) service — such as 
the (61) constriTction of a new (62) railroad, (63) 
canal, or other public work — the (64) repugnance 
of either house should (65) suffice (66) entirely to 
(67) defeat, or at (68) least to (69) postpone it; 
for neither (70) branch has a right to (71) exact 
from the other (72) conformity with its (73) views 
on a (74) disputed (75) point as the (76) price of 
its own (77) concurrence in (78) measures (79) 
essential to the (80) existence of the government. 
. Yet this should not blind us to the (81) fact 
that (82) differences of (83) opinion are at times 
developed on (84) questions of (85) decided (86) 
moment, where the rights of each (87) party are 
(88) equal, and where an (89) ultimate concurrence 
in one (90) common line of (91) action is essential. 
(92) Without some (93) deference to (94) adverse 



398 LATER EEGENTS QUESTIONS 

convictions, no (95) confederation of the (96) in- 
surgent (97) colonies was (98) attainable — no 
(99) union of tlie states could have been (100) ef- 
fected. — Greeley. 

XXXIV. June 13, 1900 

The (1) leading (2) motive of a world's fair is 
very (3) x different now from what it was in 1851, 
when Prince (4) Albert (5) persuaded the (6) na- 
tions to join (Y) England in the first (8) universal 
(9) exposition. Then it was an (10) affair of high 
(11) purport, (12) almost a (13) crusade, (14) 
entered into with (15) earnestness and (16) prayer, 
the (17) powers were all more or less at odds then; 
the world was at a (18) political (19) crisis. The 
fair was (20) conceived with the (21) generous 
idea of (22) bringing the (23) members of the 
(24) human race to a better (25) understanding; 
to give an (26) impetus (27) toward (28) peace 
and good will. It was (29) thought that Eng- 
land's (30) prestige might be (31) lessened by this 
(32) display of her (33) commercial (34) secrets, 
that other (35) peoples might (36) carry away from 
the fair (37) ideas that would make them (38) dan- 
gerous (39) competitors in the world's (40) mar- 
kets. The (41) horde of (42) foreigners, with its 
(43) possibilities of (44) revolutionists and (45) 
desperadoes, was (46) looked on as a possible (47) 
source of danger. Yet the (48) promoters of the 
exposition with (49) serious (50) courage (51) 
faced the risks. 



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The (52) festivals of to-day, from (53) interna- 
tional expositions to (54) village (55) flower fetes, 
nearly all owe (56) their (57) existence to the (58) 
money and the (59) advertisement they (60) se- 
cure. They are no less (61) interesting to (62) 
visit on that (63) account; but it is a wide (64) 
.departure from the (65) spirit in which the (66) 
prince (67) consort; (68) summoned the world to 
the new Crystal (69) palace nearly (70) fifty years 
ago. The serious (71) business for which three 
(72) hundred (73) acres have been (74) borrowed 
from (75) Paris, and twenty-five (76) million (77) 
dollars are to be (78) expended, lies in the great 
(79) exhibition (80) buildings. . . Here we 
have (81) represented art, (82) science, (83) man- 
ufacture, (84) invention, (85) agriculture, all the 
great (86) arteries (87) through which the (88) 
world draws its life. (89) Individual nations are 
not set apart by (90) themselves, but to each is (91) 
allowed space for (92) appropriate exhibits in the 
(93) eighteen (94) groups into which the exposi- 
tion is (95) divided. The United States (96) 
claims also four (97) special (98) annexes, (99) 
adjoining the (100) general buildings. — Mattox. 

XXXV. June 13, 1900 

To (1) determine the (2) consequences of an 
(3) historical (4) episode, such as the (5) recent 
(6) peace (7) conference at the Hague, is not a 
(8) matter for (9) prophecy, but for (10) experi- 
ence, which alone can (11) decide what (12) posi- 



400 LATER REGENTS QUESTIONS 

tive (13) issues shall (14) hereafter (15) trace 
(16) their (17) sonrcei to this (18) beginning. 
The most that the (19) present can do is to take 
note of the point so far (20) reached, and of (21) 
apparent (22) tendencies (23) manifested; to seek 
for the (24) latter a (25) right (26) direction; to 
(27) guide, where it can, (28) currents of (29) 
general (30) thought, the (31) outcome of which 
will be (32) beneficial or (33) injurious, (34) ac- 
cording as their (35) course is (36) governed by a 
just (37) appreciation of (38) fundamental (39) 
truths. 

The (40) calling of the conference of the Hague 
(41) originated in an (42) avowed (43) desire to 
(44) obtain (45) relief from (46) immediate (47) 
economical (48) burdens, b^ the (49) adoption of 
some (50) agreement to (51) restrict the (52) 
preparations for war, and the (53) consequent (54) 
expense (55) involved in (56) national (57) arma- 
ments; but before its (58) meeting the hope of dis- 
armament had (59) fallen into the (60) background, 
the (61) vacant place being taken by the (62) proj- 
ect of (63) abating the (64) remoter evils of re- 
current (65) warfare, by giving a (66) further (67) 
impulse, and a more (68) clearly (69) defined (70) 
application, to the (71) principle of (72) arbitra.- 
tion, which (73) thenceforth (74) assumed pre- 
eminence in the (75) councils of the conference. 
This may be (76) considered the point at which we 
have (77) arrived. The (78) assembled (79) rep- 
resentatives of many nations, (80) including all the 



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(81) greatest on the earth, have decided that it is 
to arbitration men must look for relief, (82) rather 
than to (83) partial disarmament, or even to an 
(84) arrest in the (85) progress of preparations for 
war. Of the (86) beneficence of the (87) practice 
of arbitration, of the (88) wisdom of (89) substi- 
tuting it, when (90) possible, for the (91) appeal 
to arms, with all the (92) misery (93) therefrom 
(94) resulting, there can be no (95) doubt; but it 
will be (96) expected that in its application, and 
in its (97) attempted (98) development, the tend- 
encies of the day will make (99) themselves (100) 
felt. — Capt. A. T. Mohan. 

XXXVI. Jmuary 25, 1901 

It was not to be (1) expected for a (2) moment 
that the (3) extraordinary (4) crisis in China 
should have been (5) tided over (6) without a (7) 
protracted (8) period of (9) discussion, after the 
(10) rescue of the (11) foreigners at (12) Peking 
had been (13) accomplished. The (14) program of 
the United States has been (15) clear from the (16) 
beginning. (17) Until the foreigners were rescued^ 
we could not (18) treat with the (19) Chinese (20) 
government; but after (21) their rescue, — no state 
of war (22) existing (23) between the (24) people 
and government of the United States and those of 
China, — it (25) remained to plan for the (26) 
withdrawal of our (27) troops as soon as (28) pru- 
dence and (29) common (30) sense (31) might 
(32) justify such a step, and then to (33) negotiate 



402 LATER REGENTS QUESTIONS 

with the (34) imperial government of China for a 
(35) reasonable (36) indemnity and for (37) guar- 
antees of (38) future good (39) behavior. Our 
government was (40) ready (41) enough, (42) 
therefore, when a (43) month ago (44) Russia (45) 
proposed the withdrawal of troops from Peking, to 
(46) express (4Y) approval of that plan, (48) pro- 
vided it could be (49) generally (50) agreed to. 
(51) Germany was not ready, (52) however, to 
withdraw, and (53) England (54) seemed to be 
(55) deeply (56) suspicious of Russia's good (57) 
faith in (58) making the (59) suggestion. The 
German government (60) insisted, as a (61) pre- 
liminary (62) condition, that (63) those persons 
(64) high in (65) authority who were (66) guilty 
of the (67) assassination of Von Ketteler, the Ger- 
man (68) minister, and of other (69) outrages (70) 
against foreigners, (71) should be (72) delivered 
over by the Chinese to the (73) allied (74) forces 
for condign (75) punishment. Even if this were 
(76) otherwise reasonable or (77) possible, a mo- 
ment's (78) thought will show that this (79) de- 
mand (80) implies that the guilty (81) persons are 
well (82) known, and can be (83) surrendered for 
punishment without any (84) judicial (85) investi- 
gation as to their (86) innocence or guilt. 
The (87) severe (88) retribution (89) policy now 
proposed by Germany could (90) only (91) lead 
in the end to far more (92) formidable (93) move- 
ments in (94) hostility to (95) Europe. The thing 
that is (96) necessary is to (97) encourage and to 



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(08) I'oqniro the firm (00) estalilishment in author- 
ity of a (100) lilieral Chinese imperial government. 

XXXV 11 . January 25, 1901 

(1) Foreign (2) affairs and (3) military (4) 
questions do (5) certainly (6) threaten to (7) over- 
shadow the (8) demands of home (0) legislation in 
(10) England for some (11) considerable time to 
come. This is a fact to be (12) sincerely (13) 
deplored. But the (14) balance will (15) right 
(IG) itself in time, and (17) internal (18) reform 
must have its innings. Then will be the time for 
(10) enacting (20) pensions. I have (21) con- 
sulted on this (22) point a (23) variety of (24) 
public men, (25) journalists, (26) members of (27) 
parliament, and (28) labor (20) leaders. They one 
and all (30) indorse the (31) conclusion which I 
had formed as an (32) independent (33) student 
of public (34) opinion: that, (35) apart from for- 
eign (36) policy, and the military policy it (37) 
involves, there are two questions which (38) sur- 
pass all other questions in their hold on (30) popu- 
lar (40) attention; and these two questions are — 
first, pensions, and, (41) second, (42) housing. At 
(43) present, so far as we can see, we may (44) ac- 
cept it as a certainty that pensions stand first (45) 
among all the (46) innumerable claimants for home 
legislation. To have got the question into this un- 
rivalled (47) prominence is to have (48) registered 
no small advance. Our own demand for (40) uni- 
versal pensions has made (50) remarkable (51) 



404 LATER REGENTS QUESTIONS 

headway (52) during the most (53) exciting (54) 
period of the war. Other and (55) rival (56) proj- 
ects have (57) retired or been (58) abandoned. 
With the (59) doubtful (60) exception of the (61) 
crude and (62) impracticable (63) proposals of the^ 
(64) select (65) committee, there is no other (66) 
scheme than our own in (67) possession of the (68} 
field. We have been (69) mobilizing and (70) 
consolidating our (71) forces, we have been (72) 
advancing our lines as it were under cover of the- 
(73) darkness; and when the day (74) returns, our 
(75) position and our (76) strength will be an (77) 
unexpected (78) revelation to (79) many. . » 
By the (80) explicit (81) avowals of leaders on 
both sides of the house our question has been (82) 
classed as (83) non-partizan. The (84) cynic 
might say that this (85) change of (86) category 
means only that both (87) parties have (88) agreed 
to (89) shelve a (90) difficult (91) problem. There 
is (92) indeed a (93) danger of non-partizan (94) 
measures being (95) overlooked (96) amid the (97) 
crowd of (98) hotly (99) contested (100) claims. 
— F. H. Stead. 

XXXVIII. March 29, 1901 

It is (1) popularly said of late that the Indian 
can not "for (2) several generations" (3) com- 
pete in the (4) intellectual (5) world, but that he- 
is (6) destined for an (7) indefinite (8) period to- 
remain a (9) keeper of (10) flocks and (11) herds^ 



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a (12) tiller of the soil, or at the best a (13) hum- 
ble (14) artisan. 

Let us (15) examine into the (16) logic and (lY) 
justice of this (18) idea. Since (19) culture or any 
(20) acquired (21) trait, (22) according to the 
(23) highest (24) scientific (25) authorities and 
the (26) widest (27) practical (28) observation, is 
not (29) transmissible from (30) father to son, it 
(31) matters not in (32) reality (33) whether the 
red man has "several generations" of (34) edu- 
cated progenitors (35) behind him. Many of our 
(36) foremost (37) Americans were born of (38) 
illiterate (39) parents; some of the (40) greatest 
of them all, as we take a (41) certain pride in (42) 
recalling, were practically self-educated, and lived 
in (43) early (44) youth under (45) conditions of 
(46) almost as (47) primitive (48) simplicity as 
those that once (49) surrounded the (50) children 
of the (51) forest. More than this, it is (52) com- 
monly (53) reasoned that these very conditions (54) 
favor the (55) development of (56) original gifts 
and the (57) stern (58) virtues of (59) character; 
and we are told that the scions of (60) wealthy and 
cultured (61) families tend (62) constantly to (63) 
degenerate, while out of (64) poverty and rude sur- 
roundings spring the (65) hardy (66) giants of the 
race. 

As a matter of fact, (67) probably the (68) 
ablest and most (69) cultivated men and (70) 
women of (71) native stock have risen direct from 
the (72) wig^vam to the (73) pulpit and rostrum. 



406 LATER REGENTS QUESTIONS 

and (74) entered (75) without (76) delay into the 
common (77) inheritance of (78) mankind . . ► 
The (79) representative Indian is a man of (80) 
brains and (81) ambition. He has no (82) notion 
(83) whatever of (84) remaining "for several gen- 
erations" in the ranks of the (85) toilers, and the 
(86) vocation of such a man (87)- should be (88) 
determined (89) solely by (90) individual (91) 
fitness and (92) choice. It is (93) fairly certain 
that his race will never be a race of (94) servants, 
(95) Their gifts and their (96) traditions as a 
(97) people lie in (98) quite (99) another (100) 
direction. — Elaine G. Eastman. 

XXXIX. March 21, 1901 

(1) Abounding (2) prosperity among the (3) 
American (4) people is (5) almost as (6) serious 
an (7) embarrassment to the finances of the (8) 
government as a (9) period of (10) business (11) 
depression. The (12) treasury is (13) threatened 
with as much (14) trouble (15) during the (16) 
coming (17) summer and (18) autumn in (19) 
getting rid of (20) surplus (21) revenue as it was 
a few years ago in (22) finding the (23) means for 
(24) meeting a (25) deficit. The (26) mere (27) 
piling up of surplus (28) mone^y from the (29) 
proceeds of (30) taxation (31) would in (32) itself 
(33) excite (34) criticism, but (35) conditions are 
made (36) worse by the (37) effect upon the money 
(38) market. The money (39) received for taxes 
goes into the treasury, and if it is not paid out 



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again for the current (-10) expenses of the govern- 
ment, it is (41) withdrawn from the use of the bus- 
iness (42) community. It is this fact which (43) 
brings the (44) operations of the treasury into such 
close (45) relations, with the business world, and 
(46) makes (47) large surplus a serious threat to 
(48) merchants and (49) bankers as well as a (50) 
subject of (51) direct interest to the taxpayer. The 

(52) present condition of the treasury grows in some 

(53) degree out of the (54) preparations made for 
the (55) Spanish war. These preparations (56) 
proved, by the (57) early (58) termination of the- 
war, to be (59) somewhat more than (60) sufficient, 
but the money thus (61) collected has been (62) 
constantly (63) increased of late by the (64) re- 
ceipts from other (65) sources, (QQ) which are due 
in large (67) measure to the (68) activity of busi- 
ness . 

How (69) Secretary Gage kept the (70) balance 
under (71) control and (72) averted a (73) panic 
at (74) several (75) critical (76) stages during the 
autumn forms an (77) interesting (78) chapter of 
(79) financial (80) history, which has (81) here- 
tofore been (82) presented only in (83) fragments. 
There have been periods in the business history of 
the (84) country when the withdrawal of large sums 
from the money market (85) produced no (86) in- 
jurious effect. Several (87) causes (88) combined, 
(Sd) however, during last year to make this (90) 
influence (91) extremely (92) dangerous, not only 
to (93) speculation on the (94) stock (95) ex- 



408 LATER REGENTS QUESTIONS 

changes, but to the general business of the country. 
These causes may be (96) described (97) generally 
as the large (98) demand for (99) capital and the 
demand for (100) currency. — C. A. Conant. 

XL. June 21, 1901 

The (1) constitution of the new (2) common- 
wealth of (3) Australia (4) naturally (5) claims 
(6) attention and (Y) challenges (8) criticism as 
the (9) latest (10) development in (11) federal 
constitution-making (12) among (13) people of 
Anglo-Saxon race. Its (14) authors had before 
them the (15) experience of this (16) country and 
of (17) Canada; and they have (18) evidently used 
that experience (19) freely, both in what they have 
(20) imitated and in what they have (21) re- 
jected . . 

The federal (22) government of Australia will 
have (23) large (24) powers. In its hands will be 
(25) vested (26) exclusive (27) control of customs 
(28) taxation, (29) together with power to (30) 
impose all such other taxes as may be (31) required 
for the (32) public (33) service, with the sole (34) 
limitation that they shall be so imposed as in no case 
to (35) discriminate (36) between states, or parts 
of states; the sole control of all (37) matters of (38) 
defense; the (39) management and control of the 
(40) postal, (41) telegraph, and (42) telephone 
services of the country; (43) questions of (44) im- 
migration, (45) naturalization, and (46) interstate 
trade and (47) commerce; the (48) maintenance of 



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lii;htlionses, (49) beacons, and (50) buoys; all (51) 
external (52) affairs, (53) including the (54) in- 
flux and (55) extradition of (56) criminals, and all 
questions of (5Y) conciliation and (58) arbitration 
(59) extending beyond the limits of any (60) single 
state. Banking and (61) insurance, (62) coinage 
and (63) currency, (64) weights and (65) meas- 
ures, laws (66) relating to bills of (67) exchange 
and (68) promissory notes, (69) bankruptcy, (70) 
patents, (71) copyrights, and (72) companies, are 
also vested (73) solely in the commonwealth. In 
(74) addition to these questions, (75) which are, 
for the most part, (76) familiar to (77) Americans 
as (78) subjects of federal (79) legislation, there 
will vest in the federal (80) parliament the sole right 
to deal with the law of (81) marriage, (82) divorce, 
and (83) matrimonial (84) causes, and all questions 
relating to (85) parental rights and the (86) cus- 
tody and (87) guardianship of (88) infants, and 
also all public (89) provisions for old age and (90) 
invalid (91) pensions. To the commonwealth is 
(92) reserved the right to make use of all the (93) 
railroads (94) belonging to any state for defense 

(95) purposes, and also the power to control and 

(96) regulate the (97) navigation of rivers (98) 
flowing (99) through more than one state. — These 
are the (100) principal powers reserved to the com- 
monwealth. — Lusk. 

XLL June 19, 1901 
There is (1) reason for (2) believing that few 
persons Avho are not (3) directly (4) connected with 



410 LATER REGENTS QUESTIONS 

the (5) operating (6) department of a (7) railway 
(8) understand or (9) appreciate tlie (10) diffi- 
culties (11) which (12) beset the path of the (13) 
conscientious operating (14) officer. He is (15) 
surrounded and (16) hampered by (IT) many of 
the worst (18) attributes of (19) human (20) na- 
ture: (21) jealousy, (22) drunkenness, (23) re- 
venge, (24) indifference, (25) deceit, (26) dishon- 
esty, (27) laziness and (28) ignorance. He must 
be, on his part, just, (29) merciful, (30) severe,, 
(81) cautious, (32) daring, (33) reticent, (34) 
candid, (35) temperate, honest and (36) thoroughly 
well-informed. In (37) employing men he must be 
able to form an (38) immediate (39) judgment as 
to the (40) quality of an (41) applicant, and in 
(42) dismissing a (43) servant he must (44) slowly 
(45) convince (46) himself that the act is (47) 
unavoidable . 

There must be no (48) question of (49) personal 
like or (50) dislike (51) between an officer and his 
(52) subordinates, no question of (53) religion or 
(54) politics or (55) nationality, and a man once 
employed must stand or fall on his own (56) merits,, 
his (57) fitness or unfitness. The (58) only (59) 
consideration of (60) weight is the good of the (61) 
service. 

This operating officer has not only the (62) de- 
fects of (63) some (64) hundreds or (65) thou- 
sands of other men to (66) combat and (67) elim- 
inate, but he has the (68) limitations of his own 
nature to (69) fight. It is not (70) remarkable 



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that he has (71) been (72) known to make (73) 
mistakes; it is remarkable that on the (74) whole 
he makes so few. 

It is not (75) forgotten, in (76) reciting this 
(77) schedule of difficulties that the (78) innate 
(79) virtues of a (80) large (81) proportion of the 
men may be (82) counted on, and (83) either (84) 
ambition or fear of (85) discharge acts as a (86) 
restrainer with most of the (87) others. But when 
(88) every (89) advantage is considered, (90) there 
still (91) remains a (92) disheartening (93) res- 
idue of (94) immorality and (95) inefficiency which 
must be (96) overcome and (97) supplemented by 
the (98) mental (99) force and (100) ingenuity of 
the operating officers. — G. H. Paine. 

XLII. January 31, 1902 

When five army (1) transports (2) loaded with 
(3) nearly (4) fifteen (5) hundred (6) teachers of 
the (7) public (8) schools in (9) Cuba sailed into 
(10) Boston (11) harbor, it was an (12) event (13). 
which had no (14) parallel. It (15) directed the 
(16) attention of the (17) people of the United 
States, as (18) probably nothing (19) else (20) 
could, to the (21) progress of education among the 
people of the West Indian (22) island. 

This (23) bringing of so many teachers of Cuba, 
is looked upon as the (24) greatest idea ever (25) 
conceived by the (26) superintendent of public (27) 
instruction in Cuba, and it has (28) brought him, 



412 LATER REGENTS QUESTIONS 

(29) young as he is, no small (30) distinction in 
the (31) educational (32) world. 

(33) Harvard universit^^ was the Mecca of (34) 
these (35) pilgrims in (36) search of (37) learn- 
ing. All the (38) resources of the great (39) uni- 
versity were (40) thrown open to these young men 
and (41) women who were so (42) anxious to learn 
(43) themselves that they might teach others. If 
the (44) tuition had been paid for, it would have 
cost two hundred (45) thousand (46) dollars. If 
this was (47) added to the cost of (48) transporta- 
tion, (49) maintenance, and to other (50) expendi- 
tures, the (51) total would be not far from a (52) 
million dollars. But it cost the teachers not a (53) 
penny save what they (54) chose to spend . . . 

The (55) courses in (56) history and (57) gov- 
ernment, (58) principles of (59) design, (60) as- 
tronomy, (61) geometry, (62) engineering, physics, 
(63) chemistry, (64) botany, (65) geology and (66) 
physical (67) training were open to them, and (68) 
special courses were (69) prepared ih (70) English, 
history, (71) geography, school (72) organization 
and (73) management, and (74) general (75) cul- 
ture. 

The (76) broadening (77) effect of (78) per- 
sonal observation and (79) tou^rs in the (80) ob- 
servatories, (81) museums and parks, the (82) con- 
tact with (83) daily (84) American life, the (85) 
intelligence gained by (86) noting our (87) civic 
(88) institutions, are among the most (89) valu- 
able (90) influences of the trip, while the (91) 



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splendid (92) generosity and public (93) spirit 
(94) shown by the nniversity and (95) citizens of 
Eoston and Cambridge in thus (96) offering the finest 
gifts (97) within (98) their (99) power, can not 
fail to do (100) lasting good. — Mary C. Francis. 

XLIIL January 29, 1902 

If, in this age of (1) science and (2) invention, 
there was to be (3) prepared a (4) revised (5) 
category of the (6) wonders of the world, the first 
place would (7) unquestionably have to be (8) ac- 
corded to the (9) marvelous (10) process (11) 
Avhereby the most (12) valuable of the (13) earth's 
(14) deposits is (15) transformed into iron and 
(16) steel (17) products for every-day use. It is 
safe to (18) presume that those (19) persons who 
(20) account the (21) present (22) era (23) de- 
void of (24) romance know little of the (25) in- 
tensely (26) picturesque and (27) dramatic (28) 
features which (29) characterize the (30) evolution 
of the (31) metal which is far more (32) indis- 
pensable than gold to the world's (33) welfare. 

]N"o (34) adequate (35) idea of the (36) tre- 
mendous (37) scope of the (38) iron (39) industry 
is (40) conveyed by the (41) simple (42) statement 
that the United States (43) produces (44) fully 
one (45) fourth more iron than any (46) other 
(47) nation; but the fact that the (48) annual (49) 
consumption of iron in Uncle Sam's (50) domain 
is on the (51) basis of (52) several (53) hundred 
pounds a Vear for each (54) inhabitant, (55) where- 



414 LATER REGENTS QUESTIONS 

as in many (56) European (57) countries it does 
not (58) reacli (59) fifty pounds (60) perhaps (61) 
indicates in a (62) slight (63) degree what an (64) 
immense (65) proportion of our (66) population 
looks to this (6Y) commonplace (68) commodity for 
the (69) necessities and (TO) luxuries of life. (71) 
Statisticians who have taken the (72) trouble to 
make (73) careful (74) computations on the (75) 
subject have (76) figured out that one in (77) every 
(78) fourteen persons in the country is (79) depend- 
ent upon the iron industry for (80) support, which 
is (81) equivalent to (82) saying that if all the 
ironworkers and their (83) families were (84) gath- 
ered (85) together, they would form a (86) com- 
munity (87) considerably (88) larger than Greater 
'New York and its (89) environs. 

There are so many (90) amazing things (91) 
connected with the work of (92) taking from the 
ground the (93) ore which looks for all the world 
like rich red earth, and (94) eventually working it 
up into every (95) imaginable form, from the tea- 
kettles to (96) locomotives, that to put your finger 
on any one (97) phase of the (98) transformation 
and say, " This is the most (99) surprising," is 
next to (100) impossible, — Waldon. Fawcett. 

XLIV. March 26, 1902 

A (1) regiment in (2) Germany is (3) never 
made up (4) entirely of new men. In the first 
place, (5) there is the (6) skeleton (7) framework 
of the non-commissioned (8) officers (I am not (9) 



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considering here the (10) commissioned officers), 
and (11) usually a large (12) residue of men who 
have (13) already (11) served one year. To these 
the new (15) draft, (16) awkward, callow, (IT) 
apparently (18) hopelessly (19) stupid, is (20) 
added; and the officers are (21) confronted with 
the (22) discouraging task, as old as (23) armies, 
of (24) beating this raw (25) material into (26) 
shape. The new (27) recruit spends his first few 
weeks (28) pretty (29) closely in (30) barracks. 
His old (31) suit of (32) clothes is (33) packed 
up, (34) labeled, and (35) stored away, to be kept 
and (36) returned to him when he (37) finishes his 
(38) service. He is (39) fitted from (40) among 
the (41) oldest (42) uniforms in the (43) posses- 
sion of the regiment, and he is set to such (44) dis- 
piriting (45) tasks as (46) cleaning barracks, (47) 
blacking the officers' boots, and other (48) duties 
(49) quite as (50) disagreeable. To a boy who has 
been (51) brought up in (52) fairly good (53) sur- 
roundings, such tasks as these are (54) anything 
but a (55) pleasant (56) introduction to (57) mil- 
itary life; but here comes in the (58) national (59) 
spirit of (60) order and (61) obedience to (62) 
authority, and he obeys. The (63) greatest man in 
the (64) world to him just now is his (65) corporal, 
w^hose (QQ) business it is to (67) knock off his (68) 
rough (69) corners. His (70) first (71) sergeant, 
the (72) " mother of the regiment," is a (73) planet 
as yet a little out of his (74) orbit, and his (75) 
captain is a (76) fixed and (77) distant star to be 



416 LATEE. REGENTS QUESTIONS 

looked upon witli (78) awe and (79) wonder. One 
of his first duties is to learn the (80) soldier marks 
— the (81) distinguishing uniform of his officers 
and how he must (82) salute his (83) superiors. 
In Germany, the code of (84) etiquette, as (85) 
between officers and men, is very (86) rigid. The 
(87) private is (88) taught that he must ohej (89) 
every order of a superior (90) absolutely and (91) 
unquestioningly, and that he must (92) invariably 
salute in (93) exactly the (94) proper way. A 
(95) sentinel comes to (96) "present arms" and 
(97) follows his officer with his eyes, like a (98) 
faithful dog, (99) until he is out of (100) sight. — 
Baker. 

XLV, March 21^, 1902 

(1) Before (2) endeavoring to (3) trace the (4) 
course of (5) recent (6) events in China with the 
(7) purpose of (8) throwing some (9) light on the 
(10) present (11) situation, I must (12) point out 
what is the most (13) dangerous (14) feature of the 
revolution with which we are now (15) brought face 
to face. Two years ago, any (16) naval or army 
(17) officer would have (18) staked his life and 
(19) reputation upon (20) getting into Pekin from 
Tientsin with but five (21) hundred (22) Euro- 
peans or (23) Americans (24) behind him, all the 
(25) military (26) forces of the Chinese (27) em- 
pire (28) notwithstanding. (29) Admiral Sey- 
mour, a (30) gallant and (31) resolute officer, has, 
with a (32) column of (33) nearly three (34) thou- 



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sand (35) picked men, not only (36) failed to (37) 
reach the (38) capital, but been (39) driven back 
with (40) considerable (41) loss to his (42) base, 
after (43) having been cut off from all (44) com- 
munication with it for nearly ten days. The (45) 
relief column was (46) composed of the best (47) 
material ; and in Captain McCalla, Admiral Sey- 
mour had a (48) lieutenant (49) second to (50) 
none. These gallant (51) sailors and (52) marines. 
(53) carried with them a (54) immber of field-guns, 
and they were (55) spurred on to the most (56) 
determined (57) effort by the news of the (58) des- 
perate (59) straits to which the (60) occupants of 
the (61) legations in Pekin had been (62) reduced 
by the (63) besieging (64) revolutionists; and yet, 
after (65) narrowly (QQ) escaping a (67) disaster,. 
the relief column (68) retreated upon Tientsin. 
The (69) conclusion is forced upon us that they 
failed (70) because they met (71) Chinese (72) 
soldiery of very (73) different (74) caliber from 
what they had (75) expected, with (76) every (77) 
reason, to meet ; and it is this feature of the situation, 
which I must (78) dwell upon as being more (79) 
alarming than the (80) actual news from Pekin,, 
(81) unpleasant to read as that is. (82) Travelers 
from the west (83) generally (84) disagree upon 
every Chinese (85) question save one. They have- 
been (86) unanimous in (87) pronouncing the Chi- 
nese army as (88) worthless, and in (89) holding ita 
(90) organization up to (91) contempt. It is true^ 
(92) however, that some of the (93) foreign officers 



418 LATEK KEGEJSTTS QUESTIONS 

who have been (94) intrusted with the (95) educa- 
tion of Chinese (96) recruits, have in some (97) 
measure (98) dissented from this (99) sweeping 
.(100) opinion. — Stephen Bonsai. 

XLVI. June 20, 1902 

The (1) movement (2) directed (3) toward the 
(4) beautifying of (5) public schoolhouses, which is 
(6) becoming more and more (7) marked, is one of 
the most (8) important that has taken place in (9) 
tjonnection with the (10) cause of (11) education 
in (12) America. The (13) architectural beauty 
and (14) dignity of (15) certain schoolbuildings 
(16) erected not (17) only in the larger (18) cities 
but even in the small (19) townships, have (20) 
recently been (21) noticeable. Where (22) nothing 
lias yet been done (23) tending to (24) improve 
upon the old time schoolhouse, it is at (25) least 
(26) freely (27) admitted in (28) principle that a 
school should be outwardly (29) acceptable to the 
eye. It is alsO' admitted that it should, (30) when- 
'Cver (31) possible, be (32) inwardly (33) adorned, 
Avith (34) reproductions (35) casts, (36) engrav- 
ings, iine (37) photographs — ^of beautiful things: 
the masterpieces of architecture, (38) painting, (39) 
■sculpture. The (40) significance of all this lies in 
the (41) recognition it (42) implies of a fact that 
(43) hitherto has (44) received little or no (45) 
practical (46) acknowledgment in our American 
life. We have always acted as if we (47) assumed 
that the (48) sense of the beautiful could be (49) 



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acquired as some (50) persons acquire (51) wealth, 
as some (52) others get (53) learning; that it could 
l)e (54) obtained by (55) putting (56) forth will 
power and (57) taking an (58) industrious (59) 
interest in the (60) subject. But the (61) present 
(62) effort, to make the schoolbuilding a place that 
shall (63) exert an (64) enlightening (65) influ- 
■ence on the esthetic (66) nature of the most (67) 
youthful (68). scholar, shows a (69) growing (70) 
understanding that the love and the (71) perception 
of beauty do not come to any one (72) merely by 
(73) willing that they shall. (74) Reading, (75) 
study, (76) observation, a (77) sincere (78) desire 
for (79) communion with the beautiful, may (80) 
•deepen, (81) intensify, and (82) illuminate such 
love and perception. But the (83) essence, the (84) 
germ, of them, to be truly (85) vital, must have 
been (86) built into the (87) constitution before 
there was any (88) conscious (89) exercise what- 
■ever of the will with (90) regard to them. If the 
(91) appropriate means of (92) cultivation be 
brought to bear soon (93) enough, a child who has 
in any (94) degree the (95) right gifts comes to feel 
(96) confusedly what beauty is, and has his (97) 
imagination and his (98) emotions (99) enlarged 
and (100) uplifted. 

XLVII. June 18, 1902 

The (1) science of linguistics is among the (2) 
youngest, and yet it has (3) already (4) established 
(5) itself so (6) firmly on the solid ground of (7) 



420 LATER EEGENTS QUESTIONS 

ascertained trutli that it has been able to (8) over- 
throw with (9) ease one and (10) another of the 
(11) theories which were (12) accepted (13) with- 
out (14) question before it came into being. 

For (15) example, time was — and the time is- 
not so very (16) remote, it may be (17) remarked 
— time was when the little (18) group of more or 
less (19) highly (20) educated men, who were at. 
the (21) center of (22) authority in the (23) cap- 
ital of any (24) nation, had nO' (25) doubt (26) 
whatsoever as to the (27) superiority of (28) their 
way of (29) speaking their own (30) language over 
the (31) manner in which it might be (32) spoken 
by the (33) vast (34) majoritiy of their fellow (35) 
citizens (36) deprived of the (37) advantages of a, 
(38) court (39) training. This little group set the 
(40) standard of (41) speech; and the standard they 
set was accepted as (42) final and not to be (43) 
tampered with under (44) penalty of (45) punish- 
ment. They held that any (46) divergence from the 
(47) customs of speaking and writing they (48) 
themselves (49) cherished was (50) due to (51) ig- 
norance, and (52) probably to (53) obstinacy. 
They (54) believed that the court (55) dialect 
which they had been (56) brought up to use was 
the only true and (57) original form of the lan- 
guage; and they (58) swiftly (59) stigmatized as a 
(60) gross (61) impropriety every (62) usage and 
every (63) phrase with which they themselves did 
not (64) happen to be (65) familiar. In thus (66) 
maintaining the (67) sole (68) validity of their 



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(69) personal (70) habits of speech, they had no 
need for self-assertion, since it never (71) entered 
into the head of anyone not (72) belonging to the 
eourt (73) circle to (74) disparage for a (75) sec- 
ond the (76) position thus (77) tacitly (78) de- 
clared. 

If (79) modern (80) methods of (81) research 
have made (82) anything whatever (83) indisputa- 
ble in the (84) history of (85) human speech, they 
have (86) completely (87) disproved the (88) as- 
sumption which (89) underlies this (90) implicit 
claim of the (91) cou.rtier& . . . (92) Gener- 
ally it is the (93) stability given by (94) political 
(95) preeminence (96) which leads to the (97) 
development of a (98) literature, without which no 
dialect can (99) retain its linguistic (100) suprem- 
acy. — Brander Matthews. 

XLVIIL January 30, 1903 

If the black, (1) gleaming (2) nuggets of coal 
which are (3) known in (4) almost every (5) house- 
hold in the land could speak, they could tell a (6) 
stirring, almost (7) incredible (8) story of (9) hu- 
manity and (10) heroism. The (11) sacrifices 
made to bring them from the world's (12) dismal 
(13) depths, the lives lost, and the homes (14) 
wi'ecked, (15) reveal a (16) record of (17) forti- 
tude and intrepidity that (18) rivals the (19) imag- 
inative (20) building of a (21) fictionist. 

One (22) morning, with (23) blanched faces, the 
(24) people of Shamokin, (25) Pennsylvania, (26) 



422 LATER REGENTS QUESTIONS 

stood in (27) groups at (28) street (29) corners. 
The news had (30) flashed that fire had been (31) 
discovered five miles away. (32) Fifty or sixty 
men were in the mine, and every (33) avenue of 
(34) escape was cut oif= (35) Hundreds (36) 
hastened to the (37) burning mine, from whose 
(38) mouth, (39) covered with an (40) improvised 
(41) litter of (42) timbers and (43) brush, (44) 
huge (45) volumes of smoke were (46) issuing, 
(47) marking the (48) headway of the fire that (49) 
raged hundreds of feet below. 

(50) Among (51) those (52) directing the work 
of (53) fighting the fire was the (54) superintendent. 
His (55) seemingly (56) rigid face (57) failed tO' 
(58) conceal his (59) increasing (60) anxiety, and 
(61) showed how (62) keenly he (63) realized the 
peril of the men who, by his (64) orders, had gone 
down the (65) shaft that morning. Even as he 
(QQ) reproached (67) himself, there was a (68) 
mighty (69) shout, and from over the brow of Big 
Mountain came the men, an old (70) traveling way 
(71) having been (72) their (73) means of escape. 

The (74) safety of the men (75) assured, the 
(76) spectators, like the mine (77) officers, (78) 
thought of other dangers. If the fire were not (79) 
quenched, the (80) consequent (81) destruction, 
would mean loss of bread to the five hundred men 
(82) employed there, and (83) destitution for two 
(84) thousand (85) souls (86) depending on them 
for (87) support. 

Six (88) volunteers to make (89) exploration 



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were called for. A hundred (90) responded. The 
superintendent said that only those who knew the 
(91) inner workings of the mine would be (92) ac- 
cepted. The men to make the (93) perilous (9-i) 
descent having been (95) selected, down they went, 
while, (96) beyond the (97) summit (98) deadly 
sulfurous (99) gases were being (100) emitted. — 
F. A. 8 mink. 

XLIX. January 28, 1903 

We must get (1) clearly into our minds that (2) 
undue (3) expansion and (-4) speculation in trade 
are not (5) caused alone by undue (6) issue of 
notes, but can be caused (Y) equally by undue ex- 
pansion of (8) deposit (9) currend^, while both 
(10) depend (11) entirely upon an undue expan- 
sion of (12) loans. If large (13) advances are 
made (14) during a (15) period of high specula- 
tion, (16) based upon (lY) property at (18) boom 
(19) prices, the (20) liabilities caused (21) thereby 
may be expanded, (22) whether they be by notes or 
deposits. In (23) commercial (24) centers where 
(25) banking is (26) highly developed, the banks 
can (27) furnish (28) their (29) customers with a 
currency which will (30) meet all the (31) needs 
of trade; but in more (32) thinly (33) settled (34) 
districts, and (35) especially in (36) agricultural 
(37) communities, where the (38) check (39) sys- 
tem has not (40) reached such a high state of (41) 
development, there is need for a (42) different (43) 
means of (44) paVment. This means can most 



424 LATEE REGENTS QUESTIONS 

(45) effectively be (46) supplied by the note of the 
bank issued (47) under a system which (48) in- 
sures its absolute (49) redemption and (50) easy 
(51) negotiations. The (52) qu:estion before us is, 
can such a currency be supplied by our (53) na- 
tional system, and how? (54) Experience (55) 
teaches us that such a currency can be supplied. 

Let us (56) examine the (57) soundness of such 
a currency. The only (58) index to the (50) fu- 
ture is the experience of the past. It is a (60) 
trite (61) saying that (62) history (63) repeats 
(64) itself, and it is no more true in the (65) 
aifairs of a nation or in the (66) individual than it 
is in the (67) financial affairs of a (68) people. 
We like to (69) vaunt our (70) wisdom in these 
(71) latter days, but man's nature is the same in 
all ages. Like causes (72) produce like effects. 
The (73) recent (74) exhaustive (75) calculations 
made by the (76) experts of the comptroller's (77) 
office, based not upon (78) suppositive cases, but 
upon the (79) actual experience of the banks of the 
national system from 1863 to 1902, should (80) 
convince the most (81) sceptical that a currency can 
be issued by the banks, based upon their (82) gen- 
eral (83) assets and (84) protected by a (85) guar- 
antee (86) fund, as safe and as (87) absolutely sure 
of (88) immediate redemption as if protected by 
deposit of (89) government (90) securities. "In 
(91) making this calculation the comptroller abso- 
lutely (92) discarded all (93) bonds deposited as 
security and (94) acted upon the supposition that 



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110 such security had ever been (95) lodged with 
the government, (96) relying entirely upon the sup- 
position that the (97) notes had been a first (98) 
lien upon the assets of the (99) failed (100) insti- 
tution. — G. C. Lacy. 

L. March 21, 1903 

Some person long ago (1) spread a (2) report 
that (3) teaching school was (4) humdrum. (5) 
Unthinking (6) people have (7) believed it ever 
since. Dickens and other story-tellers have (8) re- 
peated the (9) falsehood so (10) skilfully and with 
such wide (11) publicity that it is not (12) uncom- 
mon to find, even (13) among teachers (14) them- 
selves, a (15) notion that school-keeping is dull, the 
(16) master a (17) bore, and the teacher a (18) 
monotonous minded (19) maiden (20) deserving 
only pity. This is a (21) curiously (22) mistaken 
(23) idea. 

Of all the (24) interesting things in the world, 
(25) children are the most (26) universally (27) 
attractive. So (28) various, so (29) surprising, so 
(30) picturesque, so (31) fascinating, so (32) nat- 
urally (33) merry, and, to the (34) onlooker, so 
(35) suggestive of (36) happy (37) experiences of 
one's own past are the (38) personalities sent to 
school that it is only an (39) unnatural (40) judg- 
ment that (41) fails to see more attractions than 
(42) drawbacks in teaching. Who would not (43) 
envy a schoolmaster his (44) opportunities of (45) 
enjoyment and (46) service with a (47) family of 



426 LATEK EEGEISTTS QUESTIONS 

boys and girls (48) numbering from (49) twelve' 
(50) hundred to three (51) thousand? 

The (52) launching of a boy is a (53) great (54) 
event in family (55) history. It has been (56) 
talked of for many a (57) month before the (58) 
important event (59) occurs. (60) Though he 
shall soon (61) develop some (6.2) mysterious (63) 
sensitiveness about (64) wearing his school (65) 
satchel, he is (66) extremely proud of it on the first 
day. It is in his eyes a (67) badge of (68) busi- 
ness. He is no (69) longer a baby, but a boy. (70) 
Perhaps the (71) recognition of this fact makes 
what is so glad an (72) occasion to him a curious 
(73) mixture of (74) satisfaction and (75) sadness 
to the (76) mother. 

(77) However great an event (78) coming to 
school for the first time may be, there is a singular 
lack of (79) formality in the (80) daily (81) en- 
trance of the mass of (82) underdone (83) human- 
ity that (84) presses (85) against the doors at the 
(86) opening (87) every (88) morning. The (89) 
whining schoolboy (90) creeping like a (91) snail 
(92) unwillingly to school is (93) singularly (94) 
absent. Such (95) pushing, such (96) noise, such 
(97) eagerness to be first, make the old (98) de- 
scriptions of school-going seem paradoxical. Then 
comes the (99) trilling of (100) electric bells and 
the day's work has begun. 

LI. March 25, 1903 

The (1) prosperity of a (2) nation (3) depends 



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(4) largely upon its (5) supply of gold — (6) 
abiintlance of gold (7) means (8) power and (9) 
plenty — and it may be (10) truly said that to its 
(11) enormous (12) production the prosperity of 
tlie United States is (13) largely due. Never be- 
fore was the output of gold so great nor has the 
country been more (14) prosperous. 

About (15) eighteen years ago, when the (16) 
Canadian (17) Pacific Railroad (18) blasted its 
line (19) through the (20) rocky (21) ridges, (22) 
precipitous (23) cliffs and (24) lofty hills of (25) 
western (26) Ontario on its way to the Pacific 
coast, an (27) occasional deposit of (28) mineral 
and (29) stringer of (30) quartz (31) marked the 
way. These (32) discoveries to the (33) pros- 
pector would spell gold, but the (34) railroad (35) 
builders did not (36) understand Nature's (37) 
writing. (38) Their minds Avere (39) filled with 
(40) grades, (41) tangents and (42) angles, so the 
news of the quartz (43) veins (44) percolated 
(45) slowly to (46) interested (47) hearers. 

The (48) territory was (49) claimed by both 
(50) Manitoba and Ontario, which also (51) re- 
tarded (52) development. After the (53) disputed 
territory was (54) ceded to the (55) province of 
Ontario, (56) hardy men came into this (57) virgin 
(58) countn^, and with (59) keen eyes and (60) 
tireless (61) bodies went into the woods or (62) 
drifted in pairs over the lakes in birch-bark (63) 
canoes. 

After the (64) pioneers and prospectors, came the 



428 LATER REGENTS QUESTIONS 

(65) miners, who sank (66) shafts where the pros- 
pector (67) staked his claim, and thus (68) opened 
!N^ature's (69) treasure chest for the use of 
man . 

(70) Unlike placer mining, the (71) extraction of 
gold from the rock (72) itself is (73) really a (74) 
manufacturing (75) business, as (76) legitimate 
and safe as the manufacture of steel, (77) lumber, 
cloth, etc., with the (78) exception that in the pro- 
duction of gold there is (79) always a (80) waiting 
(81) market — the price never (82) fluctuates, the 
product is money itself. 

The gold fields of western Ontario are of (83) 
volcanic (84) origin. Ages ago the earth's crust 
was broken by the fires of (85) internal heat, and 
from the earth's (86) interior (87) liquid quartz 
and gold (88) rushed into and filled the (89) fis- 
sures and (90) crevices which, when (91) cooled, 
(92) formed (93) defined veins from the (94) sur- 
face down to the (95) molten (96) depths. (97) 
Therefore the veins are (98) richer in metal as the 
(99) source is (100) neared. — Rogers Dickinson, 

LII. June 19, 1903 

The (1) ostrich farm at Phoenix, (2) Arizona, 
(3) gathers its (4) harvest of (5) feathers twice a 
year. (6) Though the (7) business was begun 
only (8) fifteen years ago, the flock now (9) num- 
bers one (10) thousand. The (11) annual (12) 
yield of each bird is valued at (13) thirty (14) 
dollars. As an ostrich's life, (15) barring (16) 



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fatalities of (17) battle, (18) averages (19) seventy 
years, it may be (20) readily seen that the (21) 
proprietor of the farm has a (22) valuable business 
(23) investment. 

(24) Granting the (25) necessary means and 
(26) facilities, it is not a simple (27) matter to 
(28) conduct an ostrich farm (29) successfully. 
It (30) demands (31) special (32) training and 
(33) acute (34) observation. The ostrich (35) re- 
quires in his (36) management, aside from other 
necessary (37) qualifications, a master's hand — a 
(38) strict hand, (39) tempered by (40) justice 
and (41) mercy. ISTot that he is at all (42) appre- 
ciative of kindness. He never (43) becomes (44) 
thoroughly (45) domesticated, and is (46) utterly 
(47) destitute of that (48) affection which even the 
(49) wildest (50) creatures (51) usually (52) 
learn to have for their (53) keepers. On the (54) 
contrary, he is (55) haughtily and (56) stolidly 
(57) irresponsive to kindness, and so (58) treacher- 
ous when full-grown that even his (59) daily (60) 
attendants never (61) approach him unless (62) 
equipped with the necessary (63) appliances to 
bring him to terms when in an ugly or (64) danger- 
ous mood. At such times he makes a (65) straight- 
forward kick which would (GQ) disable and might 
(67) easily kill a man. 

To fight on every (68) possible (69) occasion is 
a (70) delight to him. These (71) encounters are 
(72) accompanied by roarings (73) resembling 
those of a mountain-lion. The (74) female (75) 



430 LATEE KEGENTS QUESTIONS 

spectators of the (76) affray stand back from tlieir 
(77) belligerent mates and hiss (78) continually. 

One (79) habit (80) peculiar to the male ostrich 
is his (81) constitutional. At (82) sunrise and 
just before (83) twilight the male birds line up in 
single file and race (84) around the (85) enclosure 
at (86) whirlwind speed. Then (87) suddenly 
(88) arranging (89) themselves in sets, they 
(90) execute a (91) grotesque (92) minuet 
with (93) ludicrous (94) gravity. When the 
birds are in full (95) plumage, with the light on 
their (96) iridescent wings, the sight is (97) beau- 
tiful, (98) despite the (99) antics of the (100) 
performers. 

LIII. January 29, 190 J^ 

The schoolmaster's (1) occupation is (2) labori- 
ous and (3) ungrateful; its (4) rewards are (5) 
scanty and (6) precarious. He may (7) indeed be, 
and he (8) ought to be, (9) animated by the (10) 
consciousness of (11) doing good, that best of all 
(12) consolations, that (13) noblest of all (14) 
motives. But that too must be (15) often (16) 
clouded by (17) doubt and (18) uncertainty. (19) 
Obscure and (20) inglorious as his (21) daily occu- 
pation may (22) appear to (23) learned (24) pride 
or (25) worldly (26) ambition, yet to be (27) 
truly (28) successful and (29) happy he must be 
animated by the (30) spirit of the same great (31) 
principles (32) which (33) inspired the most (34) 
illustrious (35) benefactors of (36) mankind. If 



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lie bring to his task high (37) talent and rich (38) 
acquirement, he must be (39) content to look into 
(40) distant (41) years for the (42) proof that his 
labors have not been (43) wasted . . . He 
must (44) solace his toils with the same (45) pro- 
phetic (46) faith that (47) enabled the (48) great- 
est of (49) modern (50) philosophers, (51) amidst 
the (52) neglect or (53) contempt of his own times, 
to (54) regard (55) himself as (56) sowing the 
seeds of truth for (57) posterity and the care of 
(58) heaven. He must arm himself (59) against 
(60) disappointment and (61) mortification with a 
(62) portion of that same noble (63) confidence 
Avhich (64) soothed the greatest of modern poets 
when (65) weighed down by care and (66) danger, 
by (67) poverty, old age, and (68) blindness. 

If such are the (69) difiiculties and the (70) 
discouragements, such the (71) duties, the motives, 
and the consolations of (72) teachers who are (73) 
worthy of that name and (74) trust, how (75) im- 
perious then the (76) obligation upon (77) every 
(78) enlightened (79) citizen who knows and feels 
the (80) value of such men, to aid them and to 

(81) honor them. But let us not be content with 

(82) barren honor to (S3) buried (84) merit. Let 
us prove our (85) gi'atitude to the dead by faith- 
fully (86) endeavoring to (87) elevate the (88) 
station, to (89) enlarge the (90) usefulness, and to 
(91) raise the (92) character of the (93) school- 
master (94) among us. Thus shall we best (95) 
testify our gratitude to the teachers and (96) guides 



432 LATER EEGENTS QUESTIONS 

of our own (97) youth, and thus most (98) effectu- 
ally diffuse over our land (99) light and truth and 
(100) virtue. — Gulian C. VerplancJc. 

LIV. January 21, 190k 

One year ago the (1) automobile was an (2) 
alien on the (3) streets of the (4) world. Its (5) 
presence at the (6) curb was the (7) signal for a 
(8) crowd, the (9) excuse for a (10) blocking of 
the (11) sidewalk (12) traffic. In (13) motion it 
(14) frightened horses, and was a (15) nuisance on 
(16) terrestrial (17) highways. Today the motor 
ear is a (18) common (19) vehicle of the (20) road- 
way. Its (21) passings and repassings (22) re- 
ceive not a glance from the (23) promenaders on 
the (24) pavement, (25) tempt not a shy from the 
horses on the carriageway. 

Years ago, when the (26) bicycle was a (27) pos- 
session of the rich, it, too-, (28) attracted the (29) 
attention of the (30) curious (31) wherever it (32) 
appeared. As its use (33) became (34) familiar, 
as its cost became (35) popular, it became the ve- 
hicle of the (36) telegraph (37) messenger and the 
(38) policeman, of the (39) plowman (40) hasten- 
ing townward, of the (41) clerk (42) hurrying 
(43) cityward from the (44) suburbs. Today its 
possession (45) demands (46) little more (47) no- 
tice than the (48) ownership of an (49) umbrella. 
(50) Tomorrow the automobile will be as the bicycle 
of (51) yesterday — ^the (52) conveyance of the 
(53) democrat as of the (54) aristocrat. 



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(55) Never, (56) however, will the automobile 
be an (57) inexpensive (58) purchase. Its (59) 
internal (60) mechanism must of (61) necessity be 
(62) fashioned from the best (63) material, must 
be (64) capable of (65) bearing a (QQ) mighty 
(67) strain, must be able to (68) withstand (69) 
tremendous wear and tear. The (70) reason for 
this is (71) obvious. On the great (72) railroads 
are (73) locomotives to all (74) intents and (75) 
purposes (76) constructed on the (77) principle of 
the automobile. But these (78) engines run on 
(79) specially laid rails, on (80) mathematically 
ballasted (81) tracks, on (82) carefully (83) lev- 
eled road beds. Yet are they (84) subjected tO' a 
(85) microscopic (86) cleaning and (87) overhaul- 
ing each day at the (88) conclusion of their (89) 
journey, (90) minutely (91) inspected, (92) gen- 
erously (93) oiled, and (94) renovated by (95) 
skilled mechanics. The automobile, on the other 
hand, must force its Avay over stony places, must 
(96) plunge (97) through slough, and, at its home 
coming, must be (98) content with the (99) rough 
and ready cleansing of an (100) ignorant attend- 
ant. — Eustace Clavering. 

LV. March 25, 190Jf. 

The (1) death of Nelson was felt in ('2) England 
as (3) something more than a (4) public (5) calam- 
ity. An (6) object of our (7) admiration and (8) 
affection was (9) suddenly taken from us; and it 
(10) seemed as if we had never, till then, (11) 



434 LATER REGENTS QUESTIONS 

known liow (12) deeply we (13) loved and (14) 
reverenced him. What the (15) country had lost 
in its (16) great (lY) naval hero was (18) scarcely 
taken into the (19) account' of grief. So (20) per- 
fectly (21) indeed had he (22) performed his part, 
that the (23) maritime war, after the (24) battle 
of Trafalgar, was (25) considered at an end: the 
fleets of the enemy were not (26) merely (27) de- 
feated, hut (28) destroyed: new navies must he 
(29) built, and a new race of (30) seamen (31) 
Teared for them, before the (32) possibility of their 
(33) invading our (34) shores could again be (35) 
contemplated. It was not, (36) therefore, from 
any (37) selfish (38) reflection upon the (39) mag- 
nitude of our loss that we (40) mourned for him: 
the (41) general (42) sorrow was of a (43) higher 
(44) character. The (45) people of England (46) 
;grieved that (47) funeral (48) ceremonies and pub- 
lic (49) monuments were all which they could now 
(50) bestow upon him whom the king, the (51) 
legislature and the (52) nation would have (53) 
alike (54) delighted to (55) honor; whom every 
(56) tongue would have (57) blessed; whose (58) 
presence in every (59) village (60) through which 
he might have (61) passed would have (62) wak- 
ened the (63) church bells and would have (64) 
drawn (65) children from their (66) sports to gaze 
upon him. The (67) victory of Trafalgar was 
(68) celebrated, indeed, with the (69) usual forms 
of (70) rejoicing, but they were (71) without joy; 
for such (72) already was the (73) glory of the 



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'(7-i) British navy, through Nelson's (75) surpass- 
ing (76) genius, that it scarcely seemed to (77) 
receive any (78) addition from the most (79) signal 
victory that ever was (80) achieved upon the seas: 
and the (81) destruction of this (82) mighty (83) 
fleet, by which all the maritime (8-4) schemes of 
(85) France were (86) totally (87) frustrated, 
(88) hardly (89) appeared to add to our (90) se- 
curity or (91) strength; for, (92) while Nelson was 
(93) living to (94) watch the (95) combined (96) 
squadrons of the (97) enemy, we felt (98) ourselves 
as secure as now, when they were no (99) longer 
in (100) existence. — Robert Southey. 

LVL March 23, 190J^ 

The most (1) effectual (2) expedient (3) em- 
ployed by (4) Alfred the Great for the (5) encour- 
agement of (6) learning was his own (7) example, 
and the (8) constant (9) assiduity with which, (10) 
notwithstanding the (11) multiplicity and (12) 
urgency of his (13) affairs, he employed (14) him- 
self in the (15) pursuits of (16) knowledge. He 
(17) divided his time into three (18) equal (19) 
portions: one was employed in (20) sleep; (21) an- 
other in the (22) despatch of (23) business; a (24) 
third in study and (25) devotion: and, that he (26) 
might more (27) exactly (28) measure the hours, 
he made use of (29) burning (30) tapers of equal 
(31) length, which he (32) fixed in (33) lanterns, 
— an expedient (34) suited to that rude age, when 
the (35) mechanism of (36) clocks and (37) 



436 LATER EEGENTS QUESTIONS 

watches was (38) unknown. And by such a (39) 
regular (40) distribution of his time, though he 
(41) often (42) labored under great (43) bodily 
(44) infirmities, this (45) martial hero was able^ 
(46) during a life of no (4Y) extraordinary length,, 
to (48) acquire more knowledge, and even to (49) 
compose more books, than most (50) studious men 
have, in more (51) fortunate ages, made the (52) 
object of their (53) uninterrupted (54) industry. 

(55) Meanwhile this (56) prince was not (57) 
negligent in encouraging the (58) vulgar and me- 
chanical arts, which have a more (59) sensible 
though not (60) closer (61) connection with the 
(62) interests of (63) society. He (64) invited 
from all (65) quarters (66) industrious (6Y) for- 
eigners to (68) repeople his (69) country, which 
had been (70) desolated by the (71) ravages of the 
(72) Danes. He (73) introduced and encouraged 
(74) manufactures of all kinds; and no (75) in- 
ventor of (76) improver of any (77) ingenious art 
did he (78) suffer to go (79) unrewarded. He 
(80) prompted men of (81) activity to (82) betake 
(83) themselves to (84) navigation, to push (85) 
commerce into the most (86) remote countries, and 
to acquire (87) riches by (88) propagating indus- 
try (89) among (90) their fellow-citizens. Botli 
living and dead, Alfred was (91) regarded by for- 
eigners, no less than by his own (92) subjects, as 
the (93) greatest prince, after Charlemagne, that 
had (94) appeared in (95) Europe during (96) 
several ages, and as one of the (97) wisest and best 



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that had ever (98) adorned the (99) annals of any 
(100) nation. — David Hume. 

LVIL June 11, 190 J^ 

The (1) establishment of a new (2) national (3) 
industry which will (4) provide a (5) congenial 
(6) occupation for (7) American (8) women (9) 
seeking (10) remunerative (11) employment at 
home, has been one of the (12) cherished (13) am- 
bitions of the (14) officials of the United States 
Department of Agriculture, and it bids (15) fair to 
find its (16) fullest (17) realization in the (18) 
rapid (19) development of (20) silkworm culture. 
The fact that silk culture may be (21) carried on 
in any (22) ordinary (23) residence, and with the 
most (24) modest (25) expenditure for (26) equip- 
ment, (27) would (28) appear to (29) substantiate 
the (30) claim that no other (31) business (32) 
enterprise lies so well (33) within the (34) limita- 
tions of the (35) members of the (36) gentler sex 
who (37) desire to (38) engage in some (39) profit- 
able (40) activity without (41) neglecting (42) 
household (43) duties. (44) Strangely (45) 
enough, silkworm culture, tO' the (46) opportunities 
of which the American (47) people are now being 
(48) aroused, was carried on (49) quite (50) ex- 
tensively in this (51) country over a (52) century 
ago. (53) Indeed, it is one of the (54) compara- 
tively few activities which, (55) having once (56) 
gained a (57) foothold on the American (58) con- 
tinent, was (59) allowed to (60) languish and (61) 



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practically (62) decline. The first (63) inaugnra- 
tion of tlie industry in America was (64) character- 
ized by (65) circumstances (66) somewhat (67) 
romantic. James I, of (68) England, had the- 
(69) greatest (YO) faith in the industry, and in 
1622 he sent to (Yl) Virginia — his (72) favorite' 
colony — a great quantity of silkworm eggs and 
(73) mulberry trees, and (74) offered (75) hand- 
some (76) premiums for (77) colonial silk, but 
after brief (78) experiments the (79) planters (80) 
abandoned the new (8iy venture, and again (82) 
turned their (83) attention to the (84) cultivation 
of (85) tobacco. 

The colonists who came to Carolina and (86) 
Georgia also (87) brought silkworms, and in these 
(88) sections of the country the industry (89) 
thrived in a much greater (90) degree. For more- 
than a (91) quarter of a century silk was (92) ex- 
ported to (93) London (94) continuously in (95) 
considerable (96) quantities. After the War for In- 
dependence silk culture did not (97) revive in the 
South, but it was after the colonies (98) attained 
their (99) freedom that the industry came to its 
fullest development in the more (100) northerly 
climes. 

LYIII.—June 15, 190 J^ 

(1) Undoubtedly the (2) decision of the (3) Alas- 
kan (4) boundary (5) commission will be (6) 
regarded by all (7) impartial (8) observers as a (9) 
notable (10) victory for (11) international (12) 



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arbitration. It must be (13) admitted that the 
(14) average (15) American was (16) disposed to 
(17) treat the (18) Canadian (19) contention with 
good-natured (20) contempt, and even to (21) ques- 
tion the (22) sincerity of the (23) statesmen and 
(24) jurists of the Dominion as regards the case.. 
So great Avas the (25) general (26) confidence here 
in the (27) strength and (28) clearness of the 
American (29) position that the decision (30) 
caused no (31) surprise (32) whatever. In fact 
the (33) keen (34) disappointment and (35) bit- 
terness (36) manifested by the Canadians (37) ap- 
peared most (38) extraordinary to most of us.. 
"Did they not (39) expect this? Did they (40) 
actually (41) believe in (42) their own (43) asser- 
tions? " were the questions (44) tacitly (45) asked 
by our (46) editors and public men. 

But the Canadians were (47) decidedly in (48) 
earnest and they (49) anticipated a very (50) dif- 
ferent (51) award. The^ were (52) firmly (53) 
persuaded that (54) England, as represented by 
Lord Chief Justice Alverstone, (55) sacrificed their 
(56) rights and (57) interests in order to (58) 
avoid (59) misunderstanding or (60) unpleasant- 
ness with the United States. Their (61) represent- 
atives on the commission (62) publicly (63) at- 
tacked the decision as (64) political (65) rather 
than (66) judicial and (67) refused to sign or (68) 
approve it. This was an extraordinary (69) atti- 
tude to (70) assume, for the (71) criticism (72) im- 
pugned the (73) motives of the (74) president of 



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the commission and by (Y5) implication at least 
(76) charged (T7) deliberate (78) subordination of 
(79) justice and right to (80) expediency and (81) 
sentiment. Yet the commissioners had all Canada 
with them, and it is the (82) general (83) opinion 
that the award will have a very (84) serious (85) 
adverse (86) effect on the (87) imperialist (88) 
movement. Of (89) course the (90) agitation 
will (91) subside, and the (92) settlement of the 
boundary question will be (93) acquiesced in even 
by the most (94) violent of its (95) critics. As 
Prof. Goldwin Smith said, Canada (96) obtained 
more by arbibration and with the aid of England, 
than she could (97) possibly have (98) secured in 
any other way and as an (99) independent (100) 
power. 



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